American - President | February 22, 1732 - December 14, 1799
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
George Washington
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
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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.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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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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Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.
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When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
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Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
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The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
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I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do, to see a plan adopted for the abolition of it - but there is only one proper and effectual mode by which it can be accomplished, and that is by Legislative authority: and this, as far as my suffrage will go, shall never be wanting.
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