We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMake sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
More George Washington Quotes
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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