Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
GEORGE WASHINGTONEvery man thinks God is on his side.
More George Washington Quotes
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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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 internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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