Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFew men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
More George Washington Quotes
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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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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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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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.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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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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.
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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.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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