A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
More George Washington Quotes
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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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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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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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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