George Washington Quotes

• To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones.

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• The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

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• An old-fashioned Virginia fox hunt, gentlemen.

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• I can answer for but three things: a firm belief in the justice of our cause, close attention in the prosecution of it, and the strictest integrity.

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• Father, I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet.

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• The government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.

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• Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do–then do it with all your strength.

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• Law is not suggestion, it is force.

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• There is no restraining men’s tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.

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• Death…the abyss from where no traveler is permitted to return.

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• Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

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• When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

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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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• War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

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• Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

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• To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

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• There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

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• The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.

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• The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

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• The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

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George Washington (79)

Birth:	22nd February, 1732
Death:	14th December, 1799
Nationality:	American
Profession:	President

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George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, British America. He was an American politician, army officer, and farmer. He was the first President of the United States from 1789–97, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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