We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFew men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
More George Washington Quotes
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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