Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFew men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
More George Washington Quotes
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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