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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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A system of general instruction, which shall reach every description of our citizens, from the richest to the poorest, as it was…
— Thomas Jefferson
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I'm quite sure that all true professional artists, of every description, in all walks of life, whether their craft is painting, music,…
— Chico Hamilton
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To every description of citizens, let praise be given. but let them persevere in their affectionate vigilance over that precious depository of…
— George Washington
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Ridicule, the weapon of all others most feared by enthusiasts of every description, and which from its predominance over such minds, often…
— Walter Scott
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To be connected with the church is to be associated with scoundrels, warmongers, fakes, child-molesters, murderers, adulterers, and hypocrites of every description.…
— Ronald Rolheiser
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State inspection laws, health laws, and laws for regulating the internal commerce of a State, and those which respect turnpike roads, ferries,…
— John Marshall
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The cause, then, philosophically speaking, is the sum total of the conditions, positive and negative, taken together; the whole of the contingencies…
— John Stuart Mill
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The great object of life is Sensation - to feel that we exist - even though in pain - it is this…
— Lord Byron
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Part of my plan was not only to introduce all useful animals that I possibly could into this part of Australia, but…
— George Grey
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