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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTrue friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
More George Washington Quotes
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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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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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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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 am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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