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Leave Quotes by George Washington
- Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under…
- [T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect.
- The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned to my lodgings,…
- The finite mind of man can never grasp the mysteries of the infinite. It is the highest wisdom, as it is our great happiness, to…
- Character enough of an opposite description ... My opinion is ... that you could as soon scrub the blackamore white, as to change the principles…
- In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the…
- As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment…
More Leave Quotes
- I try to push ideas away, and the ones that will not leave me alone are the ones that ultimately end up… — J. J. Abrams
- As far as we are concerned, we are ready to leave today, tomorrow, at any time, to join the people of Haiti,… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- We want the Israelis to leave. They want to leave - so let us let them leave. — Mahmoud Abbas
- Presidents do not go off on leave without telling the country. — Chinua Achebe
- I was a supporter of the desire, in my section of Nigeria, to leave the federation because it was treated very badly… — Chinua Achebe
- Knowing when to leave may be the smartest thing anyone can learn. — Burt Bacharach
- For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. — Francis Bacon
- I then realized my appearance was a bit odd. My right leg was no longer with me. It had caught somewhere in… — Douglas Bader
- You leave home to seek your fortune and, when you get it, you go home and share it with your family. — Anita Baker
- I think my exact comment was that if Bush won it would be a good time to leave the United States. I'm… — Alec Baldwin
- The world is before you and you need not take it or leave it as it was when you came in. — James A. Baldwin