Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWhere are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
More George Washington Quotes
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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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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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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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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