We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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Things in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
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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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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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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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