The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
More George Washington Quotes
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Man is the religious animal.
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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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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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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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