Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFew men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
More George Washington Quotes
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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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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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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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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