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Human Quotes by George Washington
- Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to…
- Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into a…
- I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species . . . and to disperse the families I have an aversion.
- 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…
- We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.
- [M]y fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations; and whose providential aid can supply…
- Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every…
- The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness by reasonable compact in civil society. It was…
- At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The growing infirmities of…
- The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any…
- The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a…
- As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of…
- But if in the pursuit of the means we should unfortunately stumble again on unfunded paper money or any similar species of fraud, we shall…
- When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.
- Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but the rooting out of…
- All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the…
- To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished,…
- The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim to the encouragement…
- The consideration that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected will always continue to prompt me to promote the former by inculcating the practice…
- Freemasonry is founded on the immutable laws of Truth and Justice and its grand object is to promote the happiness of the human race.
- The great Searcher of human hearts is my witness, that I have no wish, which aspires beyond the humble and happy lot of living and…
- The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be abused…
- The grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.
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- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
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- Films and television and even comic books are churning out vast quantities of fictional narratives, and the public continues to swallow them… — Paul Auster
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