Honest Quotes by George Washington

11 Honest quotes by George Washington

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George Washington pens ten brief reflections on honesty, each echoing the standards he set for himself and his nation. This short set offers a straightforward glimpse of his ethical compass.

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The most enviable praise of all is just to be called an honest man.

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Have the strength to be an honest person.

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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…

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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

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Paper money has had the effect in your State that it ever will have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open…

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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open…

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It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to…

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America ... has ever had, and I trust she ever will have, my honest exertions to promote her interest. I cannot hope…

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But if in the pursuit of the means we should unfortunately stumble again on unfunded paper money or any similar species of…

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In politics as in religion, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most…

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There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the…

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In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.

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While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God…

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Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,…

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Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at…

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If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected…

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A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.

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