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 WASHINGTONWe must consult our means rather than our wishes.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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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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Man is the religious animal.
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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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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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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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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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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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