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 WASHINGTONThose who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Man is the religious animal.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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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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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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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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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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