Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
GEORGE WASHINGTONSpeak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
More George Washington Quotes
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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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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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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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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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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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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