Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLabor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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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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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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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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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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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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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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