Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
More George Washington Quotes
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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