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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.

George Washington

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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Belief Corner Darkness Earth Intellectual Rejoice Spring
Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Committed Fault Revolution Rights
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Adversity Appellation Friendship Growth Inspirational Shocks True
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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Dreans Earth Man Plague
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Enemy Experience Possession Prevention Teaching Wisdom
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Abuse Liberty Power Ruin
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Attach Avoid Desire Insult Repel Revenge
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Men One Liner Virtue
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Dumb Freedom Sheep Slaughter.Speech
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

God Hands Honesty Repair Standard
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 WASHINGTON

Failure Height Inspirational Life Reverse Success
I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Creation God Imagination Object Punishment Purpose Reward
We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Confederation Good Human Human Nature Opinion
Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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Diffusion Importance Institution Knowledge Object Promote
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Government Moral Rules Species True Virtue
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Affliction Distress Feeling Heart One Liner
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Depend Happiness Mind Person World
Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Confidence God Inspirational Strength
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Appearance Exist Man Religion Sentiment
Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Advantage Capable Goodness Interest Men Sacrifice
Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Believe Bullet Charm Inspirational Sound Whistle
A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Fools Happiness Man One Liner Sensible Woman
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.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Necessary Retirement Shade Weight Welcome
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Alone Bad Company Character Friendship One Liner
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Confidence Courteous Inspirational Intimate Try
Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Earn Injurious Occasion Speak
To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
GEORGE WASHINGTON

Character Glory Patriotism Religion

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