True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
More George Washington Quotes
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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