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In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better, for worse, but, what few…

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[F]or avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy . . . the only ground of hope must be on the morals of…
Religion is the only solid Base of morals and that Morals are the only possible Support of free governments.
In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better, for worse,…
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for…
Religion is the only solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man…
I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide for the…
If the people should elect, they will never fail to prefer some man of distinguished character, or services; some man, if he…
There must be religion. When that ligament is torn, society is disjointed and its members perish... [T]he most important of all lessons…
He asks how the evil is to be remedied. I tell him that there seems to be little chance for avoiding the…
The education of young citizens ought to form them to good manners, to accustom them to labor, to inspire them with a…
This magistrate is not the king. The people are the king.
Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward…

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Give up all bad qualities in you, banish the ego and develop the spirit of surrender. You will then experience Bliss. — Sathya Sai Baba
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Had there not been five bad qualities, all the people would have been righteous. Contentment with ignorance; love for worldly life; miserliness… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
I am invariably and have been since adolescence inimical to the Republican mind which shows at the most inflated size the bad… — Janet Flanner
In adopting the republican form of government, I not only took it as a man does his wife, for better, for worse,… — Gouverneur Morris
We are convinced that certain people have all the bad qualities we do not know in ourselves. — Carl Jung
There are some bad qualities which make great talents. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them. — Gerald Brenan
If a man has ten good qualities and one bad one, to look at the ten and forget the one, and if… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
All bad qualities centre round the ego. When the ego is gone, Realisation results by itself. There are neither good nor bad… — Ramana Maharshi
Mrs. Hopewell had no bad qualities of her own but she was able to use other people's in such a constructive way… — Flannery O'Connor

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