"To persevere in one's duty, and be silent……" — George Washington

To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer… - George Washington

"To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny"

— George Washington

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525 Quotes by George Washington

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The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of…
To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted…
I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part…
[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands…
The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body)…
I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot…
Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.
The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion

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