Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Quote by George Washington

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When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of...

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of...

Influence is no Government

Influence is no Government

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is...

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is...

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

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

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

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a...

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a...

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department...

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department...

The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy...

The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy...

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by...

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

It shows nobility to be willing to increase your debt to a man to whom...

Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that...

Now we are raising the debt limit 3 times, up to $8 trillion, so that...