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Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

~George Washington

Topics: Both Caution Exclusion Expect Experience Forbid Indulge Let Us Maintained Morality National Prevail Principle Reason Religion Religious Us Without

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There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

~George Washington

Topics: Basis Better Country Deserve Every Happiness Knowledge Literature Nothing Promotion Public Science Surest Than Which Your

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Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

~George Washington

Topics: Government Left Mankind Own Themselves Unfit

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The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.

~George Washington

Topics: Ages Alternate Another Countries Despotism Different Domination Formal Frightful Itself Leads Length More Most Natural Over Party Permanent Revenge Spirit Which

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When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

~George Washington

Topics: Aside Assumed Citizen Did Lay Soldier

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Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

~George Washington

Topics: Connected Duty Happiness Moral

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It is better to be alone than in bad company.

~George Washington

Topics: Alone Bad Better Company Than

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I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it - but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority: and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.

~George Washington

Topics: Abolition Accomplished Adopted As Far As Authority Effectual Far Go Legislative Living Man Mode More Never Only Plan Proper Say See Shall Sincerely Suffrage Than Wanting Which Who Will Wishes I Can

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Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.

~George Washington

Topics: Away Bad Kind Lost Only Passes Preparations Robbery Season Seed Suffers Worst Your

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There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

~George Washington

Topics: Calculate Cure Discard Error Expect Experience Favors Greater Illusion Just Must Nation Ought Pride Real Than Which

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: February 22nd, 1732

Died: December 14th, 1799

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