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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHeard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
More George Washington Quotes
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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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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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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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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