Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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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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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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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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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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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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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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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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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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