One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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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.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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