Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTONSpeak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
More George Washington Quotes
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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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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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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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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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’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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I had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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