No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLet your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
More George Washington Quotes
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Man is the religious animal.
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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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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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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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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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