Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
GEORGE WASHINGTONSpeak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
More George Washington Quotes
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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 nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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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.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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