Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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More George Washington Quotes
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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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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Man is the religious animal.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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