Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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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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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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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 peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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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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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
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