George Washington | Founding Father

Quotes by George Washington | American Soldier, Statesman & Founding Father |

‘It is better to be alone than in bad company.’

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"If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious consequences, reason is of no use to us."

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"Of Congress, 'party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day whilst the momentous concerns of an empire are but secondary considerations.'"

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"Wherein you reprove another be unblameable yourself, for example is more prevalent than precepts."

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"The bosom of America is open to receive not only the opulent and respectable stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all nations."

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"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, leads to a more formal and permanent despotism."

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"We must bear the present evils with fortitude."

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"No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States."

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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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"One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts."

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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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"Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest."

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"A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends."

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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."

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"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."

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"LIBERTY, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

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"A bad war is fought with a good mind."

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"Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty."

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"99% percent of failures are the ones who make excuses."

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"Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process."

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"I'll die on my feet before I'll live on my knees!"