Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
GEORGE WASHINGTONEvery man thinks God is on his side.
More George Washington Quotes
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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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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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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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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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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