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 WASHINGTONThe nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
More George Washington Quotes
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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.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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