Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
More George Washington Quotes
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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