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.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTo encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
More George Washington Quotes
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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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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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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