Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
GEORGE WASHINGTONIf we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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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 freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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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.
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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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.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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