The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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The internet is full of many false and unverified quotes.
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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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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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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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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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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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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
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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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