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Necessary Quotes by George Washington
- [V]irtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
- The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to settle and mature…
- `Tis substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule indeed extends with more or less force to every…
- No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good examples are necessary…
- For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the…
- Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will…
- Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof.…
- Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor.
- It gives me real concern to observe ... that you should think it necessary to distinguish between my personal and public character, and confine your…
- Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other. A reasoning being would lose his reason,…
- No Man has a more perfect reliance on the all-wise and powerful dispensations of the Supreme Being than I have, nor thinks his aid more…
- It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.
- Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
More Necessary Quotes
- Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. — Francis of Assisi
- Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words. — Francis of Assisi
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- The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular… — Charles Babbage
- Rest assured that whatever station of life we are placed, princely or lowly, it contains the lessons and experiences necessary at the… — Edward Bach
- Don't be dismayed by good-byes. A farewell is necessary before you can meet again. And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes, is… — Richard Bach
- There are no mistakes. The events we bring upon ourselves, no matter how unpleasant, are necessary in order to learn what we… — Richard Bach
- Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place for government.… — Michael Badnarik
- I am truly free only when all human beings, men and women, are equally free. The freedom of other men, far from… — Mikhail Bakunin
- A jealous lover of human liberty, deeming it the absolute condition of all that we admire and respect in humanity, I reverse… — Mikhail Bakunin
- Shall we make a new rule of life from tonight: always to try to be a little kinder than is necessary? — James M. Barrie
- It is necessary to work, if not from inclination, at least from despair. Everything considered, work is less boring than amusing oneself. — Charles Baudelaire