George Washington - The writings of George Washington (1799)

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Nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that, in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.

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I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.

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It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.

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The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.

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There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money

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

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I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this; because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults, or remove prejudices which are imbibed against him.

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A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.

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I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.

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