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When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing — a vice little known heretofore in the American army — is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect 'that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly.'


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GEORGE WASHINGTON After Braddock's Defeat: Terror in the Valley.
GEORGE WASHINGTON Among individuals, the most certain way to make a Man your Enemy, is to tell him you esteem him such...
GEORGE WASHINGTON with black feathery trim -- because the founding father was ''so stiff.
GEORGE WASHINGTON far worse than were Congress to enact no measure at all.
GEORGE WASHINGTON What we're trying to do is use some of the same legal tactics that have been so effective against th...
GEORGE WASHINGTON You are guilty of murder.
GEORGE WASHINGTON It's not the way it was when I was growing up. Things have changed.
GEORGE WASHINGTON Obviously, we need to see the details of all the patients and the adverse events to be able to inter...
GEORGE WASHINGTON I don't think it's a match-up problem. We have two of the best players around. We just didn't execut...
GEORGE WASHINGTON In the second half, we were down and we couldn't get back up.
GEORGE WASHINGTON Unless there's a judge somewhere who is just dying for a case like this, I think it will be put to a...
GEORGE WASHINGTON It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in t...
GEORGE WASHINGTON I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in thei...
GEORGE WASHINGTON In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude
GEORGE WASHINGTON May the Father of All Mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths; and, make us in all o...
GEORGE WASHINGTON Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adop...
GEORGE WASHINGTON Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, mor...
GEORGE WASHINGTON The Eyes of all our Countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings, and praises, if h...
GEORGE WASHINGTON Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness
GEORGE WASHINGTON