George Washington Quotes

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• The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial…
• To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
• The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions;…
• I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation…
• [Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our western country, the…
• The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for,…
• I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
• The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the…
• Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
• To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
• Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.
• The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
• I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present…
• It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
• I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
• 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…
• It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
• It follows then as certain as that night succeeds the day, that without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive, and with it,…
• The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they…
• To expect ... the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never did and perhaps never will…

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