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Interest Quotes by George Washington
- I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present…
- I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to…
- I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.
- A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt [the…
- Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal and impartial hand:…
- The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to settle and mature…
- Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless…
- My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government, to be upon…
- The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its…
- Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one…
- If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when…
- When Men are irritated, and the Passions inflamed, they fly hastily and cheerfully to Arms; but after the first emotions are over, to expect, among…
- Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual…
- I assure you very explicitly, that in my opinion the conscientious scruples of all men should be treated with great delicacy and tenderness: and it…
- Men are very apt to run into extremes, hatred to England may carry come into an excess of Confidence in France... I am heartily disposed…
- Being persuaded that a just application of the principles, on which the Masonic Fraternity is founded, must be promote of private virtue and public prosperity,…
- The power under the Constitution will always be in the people. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to…
- There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money; for when money can be had in this way, repayment is seldom thought of…
- The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have as little political connection as…
- Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.
- In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true…
- Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.
- A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and…
- Excessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve…
- Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and…
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- It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest… — David Attenborough
- I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work. — David Attenborough
- It was regarded as a responsibility of the BBC to provide programs which have a broad spectrum of interest, and if there… — David Attenborough
- Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim… — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Let love flow so that it cleanses the world. Then man can live in peace, instead of the state of turmoil he… — Sai Baba
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility… — Irving Babbitt
- A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by… — Alain Badiou
- He who becomes a Muslim does so in his own interest. — Abu Bakr
- I feel I'm two people: I have my interest in acting and I have a lot of other political interests I'd like… — Alec Baldwin
- I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver… — Tammy Baldwin
- The only thing I would unequivocally say is that I have never had any interest in romantic comedy I just couldn't do… — Christian Bale
- In terms of the romantic kind of lead, I just never enjoy those movies very much. Maybe they'll come to interest me… — Christian Bale