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I look forward serenely to the course of events, confident that the Fountain of supreme wisdom and virtue will provide for the happiness of his…

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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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Why not upset the apple cart? If you don't, the apples will rot anyway. — Frank A. Clark
That which anyone has been long learning unwillingly, he unlearns with proportional eagerness and haste. — William Hazlitt
The person giving the advice returns the confidence placed in him with a disinterested eagerness... and he is usually guided only by… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Courtesy towards opponents and eagerness to understand their view-point is the ABC of non-violence. — Mahatma Gandhi
When men, engaged in unjustifiable pursuits, are aware that obstructions may come from a quarter which bare apprehension of opposition from doing… — Alexander Hamilton
To abandon the struggle for private happiness, to expel all eagerness of temporary desire, to burn with passion for eternal things-this is… — Bertrand Russell
There is no reason to make the search for friendship sound like an animal instinct. Friendship does not always come as a… — Martin E. Marty
As a leader, you must be filled with energy and eagerness, joy and love for what you do. If you lack enthusiasm… — John Wooden
It astounds us to come upon other egoists, as though we alone had the right to be selfish, and to be filled… — Jules Renard
Our eagerness for worldly activity kills in us the sense of spiritual awe — Lahiri Mahasaya
It was like the moment before you open a present, still hidden inside its box and wrappings; while you're waiting to find… — Susan Patron
Reading is a pleasure of the mind, which means that it is a little like a sport: your eagerness and knowledge and… — Bennett Cerf

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