Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
GEORGE WASHINGTONGentlemen, 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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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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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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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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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Man is the religious animal.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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