Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
GEORGE WASHINGTONStrive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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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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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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