Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
GEORGE WASHINGTONA bad war is fought with a good mind.
More George Washington Quotes
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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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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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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 am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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