I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
GEORGE WASHINGTONEvery 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.
More George Washington Quotes
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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 your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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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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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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