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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONOne of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
More George Washington Quotes
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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 hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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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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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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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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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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