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George Washington

1st President of the United States; commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution (1732-1799)

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Differences in political opinion are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Money, we know, will fetch anything and command the service of any man.
To please everybody is impossible were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.
We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-brought experience.
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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.
I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered ... deeply ... finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government.

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