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Washington Quotes by Thomas Jefferson
- When all government ...in little as in great things... shall be drawn to Washington as the center of all power; it will render powerless the…
- Gouverneur Morris had often told me that General Washington believed no more of that system (Christianity) than did he himself.
- [T]he States can best govern our home concerns and the general government our foreign ones. I wish, therefore . . . never to see all…
- I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a…
- He [Washington] has often declared to me that he considered our new constitution as an experiment on the practicability of republican government, and with what…
- I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of men, and inclined…
- That government is best which governs least, because its people discipline themselves. If we are directed from Washington (heads of an organization) when to sow…
- Were we directed from Washington when to sow and when to reap, we should soon want bread.
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- The progress of evolution from President Washington to President Grant was alone evidence to upset Darwin. — Henry Adams
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- The worst is still ahead of us. But no one in Washington has the spine to tell you that. — Glenn Beck