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행복과 도덕적 의무는 불가분의 관계로 이어져있다.
총이 모두 없어진다면, 다른 모든 것도 없어진다. 우리는 항상 총을 필요로 한다.
나쁜 친구들과 있는 것 보다는 차라리 혼자 있는 것이 낫다.
걱정은 골칫거리를 빌린 자들이 내는 이자이다.
‘Tis well.
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.
The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded. Their indiscriminate violence prostrates for the time all public authority, and its consequences are sometimes extensive and terrible.
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty… it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandman’s cares.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
How soon we forget history… Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company.
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of j
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
진실된 우정이란 느리게 자라나는 나무와 같다.
워싱턴
내기는 탐욕의 아들이며, 부정의 형제이며, 불행의 아버지이다.