The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
GEORGE WASHINGTONInterwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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 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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from 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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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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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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