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George Washington Quotes and Quotations
 Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force. - George Washington | Government and Rule Quotes  To persevere in one's duty and be silent, is the best answer to calumny. - George Washington | Insults and Calumny Quotes I shall never ask, never refuse, nor ever resign an office. - George Washington | Politicians Quotes I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it. - George Washington | The Presidency Quotes Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. - George Washington | Virtue Quotes Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. - George Washington | Happiness Quotes Actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. - George Washington | Friendship Quotes Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well-tried before you give them your confidence. - George Washington | Friendship Quotes Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. - George Washington | Friendship Quotes Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. - George Washington | Goals Quotes Action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. - George Washington | Getting Going Quotes We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties arise, we must put forth new exertion and proportion our efforts to the exigencies of the times. - George Washington | Events Quotes Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. - George Washington | Bribery Quotes Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. - George Washington | Confidence Quotes True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. - George Washington | Friendship Quotes It [gaming] is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief. - George Washington | Gambling Quotes The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. - George Washington | Government Quotes I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an "Honest Man." - George Washington | Honesty Quotes To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. - George Washington | Peace Quotes To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. - George Washington | Preparedness Quotes My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution. - George Washington | Presidency Quotes Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise. - George Washington | Promise Quotes Associate with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. - George Washington | Reputation Quotes Heaven itself has ordained the right. - George Washington | Right Quotes 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world - as far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it. - George Washington | Statesmanship Quotes Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. - George Washington | Tyranny Quotes 
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