The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
More George Washington Quotes
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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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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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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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