Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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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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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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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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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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Man is the religious animal.
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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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