Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThere is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
More George Washington Quotes
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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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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