The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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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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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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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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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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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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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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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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