General Quotes

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Gouverneur Morris had often told me that General Washington believed no more of that system (Christianity) than did he himself. — Thomas Jefferson
It is much to be lamented that a man of Franklin's general good character and great influence should have been an unbeliever in Christianity, and… — Benjamin Franklin
There is not a shadow of right in the general government to intermingle with religion. Its least interference with it would be a most flagrant… — James Madison
I could not do otherwise without transcending the limits prescribed by the Constitution for the President and without feeling that I might in some degree… — Andrew Jackson
Want compassion is not to be numbered among the general faults of mankind. The black ingredient which fouls our disposition is envy. Hence our eyes,… — Henry Fielding
A wise general makes a point of foraging of the enemy. — Sun Tzu
Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not… — Sun Tzu
It is only the enlightened ruler and the wise general who will use the highest intelligence of the army for the purposes of spying, and… — Sun Tzu
No ruler should put troops into the field merely to gratify his own spleen; no general should fight a battle simply out of pique. If… — Sun Tzu
The enlightened ruler is heedful, and the good general full of caution. — Sun Tzu
What we need in this country is a general improvement in eating. We have the best raw materials in the world, both quantitatively and qualitatively,… — H. L. Mencken
In general, an asset should be sold when it has greater value to a buyer. This happens when a buyer has a complimentary business or… — Charles Koch
My wife and daughters work. My campaign manager in 2005 was a working mother. I appointed 5 women to my senior staff as Attorney General. — Bob McDonnell
This bill would renounce the safe, proper, and acceptable role for Government as a referee of disputes between the governed. It would interpose the Government… — Strom Thurmond
Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole. — Aristotle
Self-actualizing people have a deep feeling of identification, sympathy, and affection for human beings in general. They feel kinship and connection, as if all people… — Abraham Maslow
Seen in retrospect, evolution as a whole doubtless had a general direction, from simple to complex, from dependence on to relative independence of the environment,… — Theodosius Dobzhansky
In one of the decisive battles of World War I, disastrous reports poured into the headquarters of Marshal Foch, the commander of the Allied forces.… — James Keller
...to support the Constitution, which is the cement of the Union, as well in its limitations as in its authorities; to respect the rights and… — James Madison
Our knowledge of Jesus is in need above all of a living experience: Another person's testimony is certainly important, as in general the whole of… — Pope Benedict XVI

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