If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
GEORGE WASHINGTONPerseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
More George Washington Quotes
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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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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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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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 be alone than in bad company.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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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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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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