Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
GEORGE WASHINGTONBe not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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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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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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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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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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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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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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