Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHuman happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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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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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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