I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThere is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
More George Washington Quotes
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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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.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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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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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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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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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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