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United Quotes by George Washington
- The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
- We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this Land the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition,…
- The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.
- I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United…
- Uniformity in the currency, weights, and measures of the United States is an object of great importance, and will, I am persuaded, be duly attended…
- No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be…
- We are either a United people, or we are not. If the former, let us, in all maters of general concern act as a nation,…
- Houses of Congress have . . . requested me to recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer,…
- [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…
- I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which, being formed to…
- The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now…
- What is most important of this grand experiment, the United States? Not the election of the first president but the election of its second president.…
- May the same wonderworking Deity, who long since delivered the Hebrews from their Egyptian oppressors and planted them in the promised land, whose Providential agency…
- There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness.
- To every description of citizens, let praise be given. but let them persevere in their affectionate vigilance over that precious depository of American happiness, the…
- It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should be sent to…
- At this auspicious period, the United States came into existence as a Nation; and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the…
- The United States enjoy a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for.
- Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.
- No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the united States. Every…
- It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed…
- Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline the hearts of…
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- I mean there's enormous pressures to harmonize freedom of speech legislation and transparency legislation around the world - within the E.U., between… — Julian Assange
- In the United States Christmas has become the rape of an idea. — Richard Bach
- I think, as a general matter, clearly, the United States globally supports the development of democracy and the democratic yearnings of all… — Richard Armitage
- Fundamentalists are not friends of democracy. And that includes your fundamentalists in the United States. — Karen Armstrong
- I may be president of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. — Chester A. Arthur
- If the national mental illness of the United States is megalomania, that of Canada is paranoid schizophrenia. — Margaret Atwood
- Foreignness is all around. Only in the heart of the heart of the country, namely the heart of the United States, can… — Margaret Atwood
- Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the most charming… — Jane Austen
- What value is there in faith without works? And what are they worth if they are not united to the merits of… — Teresa of Avila
- We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the… — Dan Aykroyd
- The United Nations should become a proactive agent in the dissemination of democratic principles. — Michelle Bachelet