No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFew men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
More George Washington Quotes
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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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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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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