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A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite. - [Freedom] A freeman contending for liberty on his own ground is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth. - [Emancipation Day] A great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle [patriotism] alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward. - in a letter to John Banister [War] All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external happiness of elevated office. - [Office] An ambassador has no need of spies; his character is always sacred. - [Diplomats] Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. - [Power] As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. - in Congress on his appointment as Commander-in-Chief [Gain] Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it. - [Preparation] Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. - [Patriotism] I cannot conceive a rank more honorable, than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people, the purest source and original fountain of all power. - [Freedom] I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman's cares. - [Agriculture] I make it my constant prayer that God would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind, which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion; without a humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation. - [Holiness] I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to do it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law. - in his farewell address [Slavery] In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude. - [Majority] In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters. - [Government] Influence is not government. - [Government] Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of the heart. - [Liberty] It is among the evils, and perhaps not the smallest, of democratical governments, that the people must feel before they will see. When this happens they are roused to action. Hence it is that those kinds of government are so slow. - [Government] It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. - [Diplomacy] It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity and the father of mischief. - [Gambling] It is to be lamented that great characters are seldom without a blot. - [Greatness] It [gaming] is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief. - in a letter to Bushrod Washington [Gambling] Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals. - [Law] Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have my whole conduct distinguished by it. - [Mercy] Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God. - in a speech to the Constitutional Convention [Government : Honesty] Displaying page 1 of 3 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3
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