Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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