Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
GEORGE WASHINGTONBe courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
More George Washington Quotes
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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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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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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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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