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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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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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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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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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A 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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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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