Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
More George Washington Quotes
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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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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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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