Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTONBe courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
More George Washington Quotes
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions 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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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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