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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
More George Washington Quotes
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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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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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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