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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONReligion is a byproduct of fear.
More George Washington Quotes
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Gentlemen, 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.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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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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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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