Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHeard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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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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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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