Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
GEORGE WASHINGTONI hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
More George Washington Quotes
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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