Your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution. From the nature… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness that no rational creature can be insensible of. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Passionate attachment to another nation produces a variety of evils... the illusion of common interests where no real common interests exist; adopting… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Character enough of an opposite description ... My opinion is ... that you could as soon scrub the blackamore white, as to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Purity of morals [is] the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share Image
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