Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
More George Washington Quotes
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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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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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 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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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