Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe 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.
More George Washington Quotes
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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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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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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 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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