We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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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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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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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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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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