"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence…" — George Washington
"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force."
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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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Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than…
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A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can…
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Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes…
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Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Let us be true: this is the highest maxim of art and of life, the secret of eloquence and of…
— Henri Frederic Amiel
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To lose one's health renders science null, are inglorious, strength unavailing, wealth useless, and eloquence powerless.
— Herophilos
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Prayer is not eloquence, but earnestness; not the definition of helplessness, but the feeling of it; not figures of speech,…
— Hannah More
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No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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When we rely upon organization, we get what organization can do; when we rely upon education, we get what education…
— A C Dixon
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What I am looking for... is an immobile movement, something which would be the equivalent of what is called the…
— Joan Miro
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True eloquence consists in saying all that is necessary, and nothing but what is necessary.
— Heinrich Heine
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Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible…
— George Washington
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