Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
GEORGE WASHINGTONA bad war is fought with a good mind.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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