The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
More George Washington Quotes
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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