Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
More George Washington Quotes
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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Every 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.
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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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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Man is the religious animal.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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