Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
GEORGE WASHINGTONExperience 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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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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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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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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