Quote #97

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

More from George Washington

  1. Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
  2. Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
  3. Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguish…
  4. Make the most of the hemp seed and sow it everywhere.
  5. Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
  6. Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is no more to be impute…
  7. It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
  8. My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

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