There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
More George Washington Quotes
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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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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Man is the religious animal.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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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 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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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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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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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