"To this noble end the delegates had pledged……" — David McCullough
"To this noble end the delegates had pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor."
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David McCullough
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96 Quotes by David McCullough
David McCullough has 96 quotes on this site.
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There is only one person who can measure your success. That person is you.
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Climb the mountain so you can see the world, not so the world can see you.
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Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules,…
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In fact, it was the largest expeditionary force of the 18th century. The largest, most powerful force ever set forth…
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The first of all qualities of a general is courage.
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Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.
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The preparations were elaborate and mammoth in scale, and Washington threw himself into the effort, demanding that not an hour…
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They must be cool but determined...he threatened instant death to any man who showed cowardice.
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...Had proven himself a leader of remarkable ability, a man not only of enterprising ideas, but with the staying power…
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We must not think of learning as only what happens in schools. It is an extended part of life. The…
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Freedom is found through the portals of our nation's libraries.
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Climb the mountain not to plant your flag, but to embrace the challenge, enjoy the air and behold the view.…
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More Delegates Quotes
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Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated.
— Theodor Adorno
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Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living.
— Leonardo DiCaprio
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It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States . .…
— George Washington
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If you’ve been here, in New York, it has been dominated by the UN General Assembly, the annual event where…
— John Oliver
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Do one of three things. One, go and find a wailing wall and feel sorry for yourselves. Two, go psycho…
— Saul Alinsky
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I would have thought it possible to choose delegates for these larger conferences who, even if they could not speak…
— Fredrik Bajer
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The striking thing is that WHO doesn't really have the authority to do any of this. It can't tell governments…
— Atul Gawande
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It's very important, who has the most delegates. The superdelegates should not be the ones making the decision.
— Linda Chavez-Thompson
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I rise in support of the separation of powers as established by our Founding Fathers in the Constitution. The Constitution…
— Dana Rohrabacher
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Once a leader delegates, he should show utmost confidence in the people he has entrusted.
— A B Simpson
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I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected…
— Hideki Tojo
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An important United Nations environmental conference went past 6:00 in the evening when the interpreters' contracted working conditions said they…
— Daniel Yergin
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