To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIt is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
More George Washington Quotes
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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