Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFreedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
More George Washington Quotes
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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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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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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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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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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