Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIf we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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