Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLet your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
More George Washington Quotes
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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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.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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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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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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