Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHeard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
More George Washington Quotes
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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