If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTrue friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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