Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHuman happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
More George Washington Quotes
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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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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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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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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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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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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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