Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHappiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
More George Washington Quotes
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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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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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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