Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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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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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 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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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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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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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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