If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWorry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
More George Washington Quotes
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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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 primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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