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.
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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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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Man is the religious animal.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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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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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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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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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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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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