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State Quotes by George Washington
- I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery.
- The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country from that state…
- The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.
- They (the Jews) work more effectively against us, than the enemy's armies. They are a hundred times more dangerous to our liberties and the great…
- 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…
- I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy protection ... that…
- 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…
- 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…
- There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the…
- ... in the present State of America, our welfare and prosperity depend upon the cultivation of our lands and turning the produce of them to…
- Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to…
More State Quotes
- A constitution is the arrangement of magistracies in a state. — Aristotle
- The young are permanently in a state resembling intoxication. — Aristotle
- Inferiors revolt in order that they may be equal, and equals that they may be superior. Such is the state of mind… — Aristotle
- The state comes into existence for the sake of life and continues to exist for the sake of good life. — Aristotle
- Excellence, then, is a state concerned with choice, lying in a mean, relative to us, this being determined by reason and in… — Aristotle
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- The most important aspect of the relationship between the president and the secretary of state is that they both understand who is… — Dean Acheson
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen
- We cannot build foundations of a state without rule of law. — Mahmoud Abbas
- O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all one tongue… — Teresa of Avila
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal.… — Teresa of Avila