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.
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.
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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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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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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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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 ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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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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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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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 am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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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.
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