Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLet us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
More George Washington Quotes
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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