Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

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• George Washington:

  If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the

• George Washington:

  True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity,

• George Washington:

  Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

• George Washington:

  I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be dra

• George Washington:

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

• George Washington:

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

• George Washington:

  Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak,

• George Washington:

  When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

• George Washington:

  Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

• George Washington:

  The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.