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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

George Washington

Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Committed Fault Revolution Rights
Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Enemy Fortune
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Commerce Door Fraud Honesty Justice Money Paper Species State
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Hour People Produce Refection Situation Sleep War
Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Connect Duty Happiness Human Moral One Liner
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Appearance Exist Man Religion Sentiment
Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Necessary Retirement Shade Weight Welcome
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Effective Peace Prepare War
The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Fake False Internet Rumor
The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Connection Country Currency Declare Duty Government Money Value
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Appearance Conceal Crises Greatness Live Moment Observed Occur Trivial Turn
Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Enemy Experience Possession Prevention Teaching Wisdom
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Failure Height Inspirational Life Reverse Success
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Dumb Freedom Sheep Slaughter.Speech
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Depend Happiness Mind Person World
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

God Hands Honesty Repair Standard

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