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GEORGE WASHINGTONThe basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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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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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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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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