The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
GEORGE WASHINGTONAssociate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
More George Washington Quotes
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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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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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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