There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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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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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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 had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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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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Man is the religious animal.
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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