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.
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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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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