"Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession."
-George Washington
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"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.“
-George Washington
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"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."
-George Washington
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"It is better to be alone than in bad company."
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"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."
-George Washington
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"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
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"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
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"A study in the Washington Post says that women have better verbal skills than men. I just want to say to the authors of that study: 'Duh.'"
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"Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship."
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"Women speak because they wish to speak, whereas a man speaks only when driven to speak by something outside himself like, for instance, he can't find any clean socks."
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