Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
More George Washington Quotes
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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 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 cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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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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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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