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George Washington has 538 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:
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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…
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To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
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The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all…
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I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind,…
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[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our…
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The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be…
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating…
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Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
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To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
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Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.
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The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
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Our authorities leave us no doubt that the trust lodged with the oligarchy was sometimes abused, but it certainly ought not to…
— Henry James Sumner Maine
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They say that when god was in Jerusalem he forgave his murderers, but now he will not forgive an honest man for…
— Robert Green Ingersoll
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While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher…
— George Washington
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It's not that you don't want to earn as much money as you can - it is your obligation, of course -…
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One reason I like to talk about Heaven, think about Heaven and read about Heaven is because, after all, that's where we're…
— David Berg
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God knows there certainly ought to be a window around here somewhere, for all of us.
— Richard Yates
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I lay it down as a general rule, Harriet, that if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man…
— Jane Austen
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if a woman doubts as to whether she should accept a man or not, she certainly ought to refuse him. If she…
— Jane Austen
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I fear this little episode does not speak very favourably for my business capacity in those early days, for I certainly ought…
— Henry Bessemer
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Books that cannot bear examination, certainly ought not to be established as divine inspiration by penal laws.
— John Adams
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