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Mankind Quotes by George Washington
- I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation…
- Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my…
- 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…
- Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!
- For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can…
- We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.
- Happiness is more effectually dispensed to mankind under a republican form of government than any other.
- 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…
- 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…
- Freemasonry is an institution founded on eternal reason and truth; whose deep basis is the civilization of mankind, and whose everlasting glory it is to…
- So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised…
- Without virtue, and without integrity, the finest talents and the most brilliant accomplishments can never gain the respect, and conciliate the esteem, of the truly…
- Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate…
- The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind…
- Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other. A reasoning being would lose his reason,…
- Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
- My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
- As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are…
- Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most…
- My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in more…
More Mankind Quotes
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of… — Saint Augustine
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies,… — Jane Austen
- A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause… — Irving Babbitt
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
- Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their… — Douglas Adams
- Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the… — Henry Adams