| 60 Famous Quotes by George Washington
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“True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.”
Friendship Quotes |
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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.”
Friendship Quotes |
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“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
Crime Quotes |
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“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.”
Defense Quotes |
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“To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”
Defense Quotes |
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“Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men, any more than fine feathers make fine birds. A plain, genteel dress is more admired, obtains more credit in the eyes of the judicious and sensible.”
Dress Quotes |
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“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence -- it is force.”
Government Quotes |
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“The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.”
Profanity Quotes |
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“In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.”
Public speaking Quotes |
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“Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”
Reputation Quotes |
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George Washington Quotes, Quotations, and Sayings
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