Every man thinks God is on his side.
GEORGE WASHINGTONGovernment is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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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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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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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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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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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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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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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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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