Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMan is the religious animal.
More George Washington Quotes
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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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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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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