Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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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.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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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.
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Man is the religious animal.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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 harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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