The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
GEORGE WASHINGTONA bad war is fought with a good mind.
More George Washington Quotes
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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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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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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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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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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.
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