Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
More George Washington Quotes
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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Man is the religious animal.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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