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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONHuman happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
More George Washington Quotes
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Man is the religious animal.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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