Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThere is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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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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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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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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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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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