Quote by George Washington
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be m

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. – George Washington

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Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. – George Washington

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Government
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In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence. – George Washington

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Presidents Day
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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. – George Washington

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A twenty-one-year-old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew. – Ian Mcewan

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Past experience with fiscal austerity at home and overseas strongly suggests that it is best for the economys long-run performance to restrain government spending rather than raise taxes. – Mark Zandi

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In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds. – Thor Heyerdahl

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Many of the insights of the saint stem from their experience as sinners. – Eric Hoffer

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My dad instilled in me a great sense of humor. I wasnt bullied at school because my outward attitude was confident, and that helps. – Warwick Davis

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The story—from Rumplestiltskin to War and Peace—is one of the basic tools invented by the human mind for the purpose of understanding. There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories. – Ursula K. Le Guin

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The British were indeed very far superior to the Americans in every respect necessary to military operations, except the revivified courage and resolution, the result of sudden success after despair. – Mercy Otis Warren

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Atheism shows strength of mind, but only to a certain degree. – Blaise Pascal

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