Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
GEORGE WASHINGTONEvery man thinks God is on his side.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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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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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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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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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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