The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHappiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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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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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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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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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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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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