Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLabor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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