Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
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George Washington
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About George Washington
George Washington was a Founding Father and the first president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. As commander of the Continental Army, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War against the British Empire. He is commonly known as the Father of His Country for his role in bringing about American independence.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by George WashingtonMy mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
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.
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all…
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The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his …
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all…
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all…
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.