Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWorry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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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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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.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Man is the religious animal.
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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