Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThere 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.
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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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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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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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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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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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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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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