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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. "
George Washington
God
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Honest
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" Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light. "
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" Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience. "
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" Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved. "
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" It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being. "
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" Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. "
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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. "
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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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" My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. "
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" Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. "
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" It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company. "
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" It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. "
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" Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. "
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" Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. "
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" The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. "
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" Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. "
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" Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. "
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" The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism. "
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" If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. "
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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. "
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" Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to endulge the professors of Christianity in the church, that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct plainest easiest and least liable to exception. "
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" Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive. "
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" Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse. "
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" It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it. "
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" Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. "
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" The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon. "
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