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As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of thecommunity are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality. (George Washington)
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person's own mind, than on the externals in the world. View quote
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The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon. View quote
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages. View quote
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built. View quote
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Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly foresee that nothing but the rooting out of slavery can perpetuate the existence of our union, by consolidating it in a common bond of principle. View quote
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You have only one way to convince others, listen to them. View quote
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In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence. (George Washington)
Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe. View quote
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A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything. View quote
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The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. View quote
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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. View quote
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It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. View quote
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I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our Revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them. View quote
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do-then do it with all your strength. View quote
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Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. View quote
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I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery. View quote
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Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible. (George Washington)
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation. View quote
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Paper money has had the effect in your State that it ever will have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open a door to every species of fraud and injustice. View quote
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Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country. View quote
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Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is no more to be imputed to them as a crime, than the appearance of the latter; for both, being the work of nature, are alike unavoidable. View quote
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