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 WASHINGTONIt is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
More George Washington Quotes
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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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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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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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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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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 great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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