"Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect……" — George Washington
"Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain from it themselves, but according to their stations, to prevent it in others."
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525 Quotes by George Washington
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The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of…
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To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
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The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted…
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I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part…
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[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands…
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The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body)…
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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot…
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Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
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To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
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Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.
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The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
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More Abstain Quotes
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To abstain from sin when one can no longer sin is to be forsaken by sin, not to forsake it.
— Saint Augustine
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When you doubt, abstain.
— Ambrose Bierce
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A total abstainer is one who abstains from everything but abstention, and especially from inactivity in the affairs of others.
— Ambrose Bierce
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And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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It makes him hated above all things, as I have said, to be rapacious, and to be a violator of…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Part of treatment for drugs and alcohol is you abstain from these, but with eating disorders you can't abstain from…
— Carre Otis
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"Judge not, that ye be not judge"... is an abdication of moral responsibility: it is a moral blank check one…
— Ayn Rand
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We ought to observe that practice which is the hardest of all-especially for young physicians-we ought to throw in no…
— John Randolph of Roanoke
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Pilate sentenced him due to fear, in accordance with the petition and intention of others. These people sentence him for…
— Bridget of Sweden
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If true, the Pythagorean principles as to abstain from flesh, foster innocence; if ill-founded they at least teach us frugality,…
— Seneca the Younger
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Every man who has ever been earnest to preserve his higher or poetic faculties in the best condition, has been…
— Henry David Thoreau
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Acid is not for every brain .... Only the healthy, happy, wholesome, handsome, hopeful, humorous, high-velocity should seek these experiences.…
— Timothy Leary
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