If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFreedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
More George Washington Quotes
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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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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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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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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