The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
GEORGE WASHINGTONSpeak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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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.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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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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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.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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