To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHeard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
More George Washington Quotes
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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