Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
GEORGE WASHINGTONA man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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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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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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