Convenience Quote by George Washington

“I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.”

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The whole duty of man is summed up in obedience to God's will.

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In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.

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Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,…

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Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at…

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If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected…

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A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.

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“A phone call should be a convenience to the caller, not an inconvenience to the called.”

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The average family exists only on paper and its average budget is a fiction, invented by statisticians for the convenience of statisticians.

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What you call disorder is nothing else than one of the laws of the order you comprehend not and which you have erroneously named…

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“And what is the state but a servant and a convenience for a large number of people, just like the electric light and the…

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Thirty or forty proprietors, with incomes answering to between one thousand and five thousand a year, would create a much more effectual demand for…

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If you spot a market where the only choices are at either one end or the other - high fidelity or high convenience -…

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Unfortunately, nature seems unaware of our intellectual need for convenience and unity, and very often takes delight in complication and diversity.

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What more degrades woman today than that she so often seeks marriage as a support? Why is the holy sacrament of love, the sanctity…

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To what fortuitous occurrence do we not owe every pleasure and convenience of our lives.

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