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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington

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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Necessary Retirement Shade Weight Welcome
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Effective Peace Prepare War
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Attachment Confirm Heart Liberty Love Myself Necessary
Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Age One Liner Perseverance Spirit Wonder
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Government Moral Rules Species True Virtue
I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Book Build Conceive Education Inspirational Knowledge
Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Exclusion Expectation Experience Moral Principles Reason Religion
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Enemy Experience Possession Prevention Teaching Wisdom
The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Age Experience Measure Nation
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Appearance Exist Man Religion Sentiment
The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Conflict Hard Time Inspirational Success Triumph
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Bad Confession Excuse Honesty Lying Truth
The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Approach Army Bleed Country Depend Honor Hour Safety Success
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Abuse Liberty Power Ruin
Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Affection Attachment Choice Citizen Concerntrate Country
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Country Deserve Happiness Knowledge Literature Promotion Public Science
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Confidence Courteous Inspirational Intimate Try
To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Character Glory Patriotism Religion
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Army Discipline Esteem Soul Success Weakness
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 WASHINGTON

Character Firm Honesty Maintain Man Virtue
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Enlight Fight Hope Liberty Peace Religion Society
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Alone Bad Company Character Friendship One Liner
One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Acquire Aim District Expedient Influence Lying Opinion Represent
We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Confederation Good Human Human Nature Opinion
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Commerce Door Fraud Honesty Justice Money Paper Species State
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Dreans Earth Man Plague
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Indulgence People Speak Toleration

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