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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMan is the religious animal.
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 courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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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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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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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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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Man is the religious animal.
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