About George Washington:

George Washington was the first President of the United States (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. He presided over the convention that drafted the current United States Constitution and during his lifetime was called the "father of his country".

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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.

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Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to Republican Liberty. In this sense it ...

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One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.

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It is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union to your collective and individual happiness; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to t...

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It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

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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.

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It is better to be alone than in bad company.

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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.

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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.

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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.

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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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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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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

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Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

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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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Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

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There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.

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Author Bio

NameGeorge Washington
DescriptionAmerican politician, 1st president of the United States (in office from 1789 to 1797)
BornJuly 4, 1732
DiedDecember 14, 1799
CountryUnited States Of America
ProfessionPolitician; Officer; Farmer; Cartographer
AwardsThanks Of Congress; Congressional Gold Medal

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