Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
GEORGE WASHINGTONSystem to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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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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Interwoven 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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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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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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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.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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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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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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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