Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
More George Washington Quotes
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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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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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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