Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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 experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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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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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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