It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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