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.
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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I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation, whose purposes are modeled after our own.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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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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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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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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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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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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Man is the religious animal.
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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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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