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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.

George Washington

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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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Army Discipline Esteem Soul Success Weakness
Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Battle Deep Inspirational Men Real Men Run Success War
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Dreans Earth Man Plague
Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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Earn Injurious Occasion Speak
Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Conciliation Firm Inspirational Prudence
Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Enemy Fortune
The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Citizen Decision Requirement Understand
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Danger Eloquence Fear Fire Force Government Reason Servant
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Attach Avoid Desire Insult Repel Revenge
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Character Firm Honesty Maintain Man Virtue
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Hour People Produce Refection Situation Sleep War
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Guard One Liner Patriotism Posture
Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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Exclusion Expectation Experience Moral Principles Reason Religion
Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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Argument Judgement Modest Strive Submission Superior
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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Advantage Capable Goodness Interest Men Sacrifice
Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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