I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
GEORGE WASHINGTONCitizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
More George Washington Quotes
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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