The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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True 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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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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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