Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
GEORGE WASHINGTONArbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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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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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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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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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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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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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