Best George Washington Sayings
- I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery. Abolition
- Your late purchase of an estate in the colony of Cayenne, with a view to emancipating the slaves on it, is a generous and noble… Cayenne
- I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species . . . and to disperse the families I have an aversion. Aversion
- The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country from that state… Benevolence
- The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and use… Abject
- We ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds, from being too strongly, and too early prepossessed in favor of other political systems,… Appreciate
- Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force… Diffusion
- The best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other… Best
- If you can't sent money, send tobacco. Inspirational
- The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy. America
- Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause. I had hoped that liberal and… Acrimony
- In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed toward the organization and administration of the Government… Administration
- A free people ought not only to be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence… Abuse
- One's god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all… All
- Government is at best a petulant servant and at worst a tyrannical master. Best
- If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by… Amendment
- Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the hour the Pilgrims… All
- And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to… Afford
- We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals. Fall
- Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society. Christianity
- I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United… Able
- Example, whether it be good or bad, has a powerful influence. Bad
- Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise. Cannot Perform
- I die hard but am not afraid to go. Afraid
- Let me live according to those holy rules which Thou hast this day prescribed in Thy Holy Word...direct me to the true object, Jesus Christ,… According
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