Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
GEORGE WASHINGTONEvery man thinks God is on his side.
More George Washington Quotes
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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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.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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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.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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