Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
GEORGE WASHINGTON99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
More George Washington Quotes
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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 chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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