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Quotes by George Washington

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington : US statesman (1st US president: 1789-97) & general of the Revolutionary Army
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
 
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.----George WashingtonBe courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.

George Washington : US statesman (1st US president: 1789-97) & general of the Revolutionary Army
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
 
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are afften concealed in occurences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.

George Washington : US statesman (1st US president: 1789-97) & general of the Revolutionary Army
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
 
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

George Washington : US statesman (1st US president: 1789-97) & general of the Revolutionary Army
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
 
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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.

George Washington : US statesman (1st US president: 1789-97) & general of the Revolutionary Army
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
 
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It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive someone of their natural liberty upon the supposition they might abuse it. [gender-netural wording added.]

George Washington : US statesman (1st US president: 1789-97) & general of the Revolutionary Army
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
 
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

George Washington : US statesman (1st US president: 1789-97) & general of the Revolutionary Army
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
 
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Be courteous with all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appelation.

George Washington : US statesman (1st US president: 1789-97) & general of the Revolutionary Army
George Washington (1732 - 1799)
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

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We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience.

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