The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe must consult our means rather than our wishes.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
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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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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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