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George Washington

George Washington
The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion.
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.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty. Iit is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
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.