System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMy first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
More George Washington Quotes
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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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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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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