To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIf we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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