Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIt is better to be alone than in bad company.
More George Washington Quotes
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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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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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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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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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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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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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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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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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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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