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“To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones.”
“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”
“I shall never attempt to palliate my own faults by exposing those of another.”
“There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money.”
“Truth will ultimately prevail where there (are) pains taken to bring it to light.”
“The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the external rules of order and right which Heaven itself has ordained.”
“I hope that I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider to be the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
“In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude; every man will speak as he thinks, or more properly without thinking.”
“It is not everyone who asketh that deserveth charity; all however, are worth of the inquiry or the deserving may suffer.”
Purity of morals (is) the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.”
“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one if at any time you should happen to fall into error.”
“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor.”
“In my opinion, every effort of genius and all attempts to wards improving useful knowledge ought to meet with encouragement in this country.”
“That the American government, though not absolutely perfect, is one of the best in the world, I have little doubt.”
“Firearms stand next to importance to the Constitution itself. They are the people’s liberty teeth keystone . . . The rifle and the pistol are equally indispensable . . . More than 99% of them by their silence indicate that they are in safe and sane hands. The very atmosphere of firearms everywhere restrains evil interference. When firearms go, all goes, we need them every hour.”
“If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.” |
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Words of Wisdom from George Washington |