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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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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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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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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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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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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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