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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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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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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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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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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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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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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