The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
More George Washington Quotes
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Man is the religious animal.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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There 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.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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