If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFreedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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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 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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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