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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligion is a byproduct of fear.
More George Washington Quotes
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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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 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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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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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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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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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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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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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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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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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