Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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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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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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