Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI 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.
More George Washington Quotes
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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