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.
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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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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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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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