Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReal men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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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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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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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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 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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