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Nations Quotes by George Washington
- The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions;…
- Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that…
- Happy, thrice happy shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this stupendous fabrick of…
- [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…
- 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:…
- 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 duty of holding a Neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose on every nation,…
- 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…
- There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.
- It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.
- In offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of an old and affectionate friend, I dare not hope they will make the strong and lasting…
- I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberty.
- In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate in its government,…
- I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment
- 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.
- The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of…
- Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
- 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…
- The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political…
- It is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and…
- I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of another; that every…
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- For my name and memory I leave to men's charitable speeches, and to foreign nations and the next ages. — Francis Bacon
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- We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations… — Franklin P. Adams
- The Hebrews have done more to civilize men than any other nation. If I were an atheist, and believed blind eternal fate,… — John Adams
- Money speaks sense in a language all nations understand. — Aphra Behn
- For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount… — Robert Benchley
- God of peace, bring your peace to our violent world: peace in the hearts of all men and women and peace among… — Pope Benedict XVI
- The United Nations charter gives every nation the right to self defence, therefore when the American embassies were bombed it was a… — Benazir Bhutto
- The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations. — Ambrose Bierce
- Poetry fettered, fetters the human race. Nations are destroyed or flourish in proportion as their poetry, painting, and music are destroyed or… — William Blake