I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
GEORGE WASHINGTONExperience 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.
More George Washington Quotes
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Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
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Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
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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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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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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 am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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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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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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