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 WASHINGTONWe should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
More George Washington Quotes
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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