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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
George Washington
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George Washington
Age: 67 †
Born: 1732
Born: February 22
Died: 1799
Died: December 14
1St U.S. President
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Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable.
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Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
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It is one of the evils of democratical governments, that the people, not always seeing and frequently misled, must often feel before they can act.
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Let experience solve it. To listen to mere speculation in such a case were criminal.
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