George Washington Quotes
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All Freemasonry should be disbanded in America because our organization has been infiltrated by the Illuminati and they have bad intention for America and the World.
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Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly.
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Liberty, when it degrades into licentiousness, begets confusion, and frequently ends in tyranny or some woeful confusion.
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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
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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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It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.
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Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.
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Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.
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Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof. Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise. There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth, and pursue it steadily. Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy nation.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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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. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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To rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.
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To constitute a dispute there must be two parties. To understand it well, both parties and all the circumstances must be fully heard; and to accommodate the differences, temper and mutual forbearance are requisite.
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The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail.
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Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds.
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To speak evil of any one, unless there is unequivocal proofs of their deserving it, is an injury for which there is no adequate reparation.
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But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.
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Always speak the truth.
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To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.