I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLet your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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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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