Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThose who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
More George Washington Quotes
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It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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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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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.
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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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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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