I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
GEORGE WASHINGTONGentlemen, 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.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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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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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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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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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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