"I am principled against this kind of traffic……" — George Washington
"I am principled against this kind of traffic in the human species . . . and to disperse the families I have an aversion."
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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 Aversion Quotes
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one of 149 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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To understand the true quality of people, you must look into their minds, and examine their pursuits and aversions.
— Marcus Aurelius
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The greater the decrease in the social significance of an art form, the sharper the distinction between criticism and enjoyment…
— Walter Benjamin
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Jealousy - that jumble of secret worship and ostensible aversion.
— Emile M. Cioran
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I deeply detest social distinction and snobbery, and in that lies my strong aversion to titular honours.
— Helen Clark
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Well, I think both Russia and China have a very strong aversion to interference in internal affairs.
— Hillary Clinton
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Old ideas give way slowly; for they are more than abstract logical forms and categories. They are habits, predispositions, deeply…
— John Dewey
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All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for…
— Eckhart Tolle
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'Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion.
— Richard Brinsley Sheridan
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Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the manhood of every one of its members. The virtue in most request is…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Men almost universally have acknowledged providence, but that fact has had no force to destroy natural aversions and fears in…
— George Santayana
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Facts are plain spoken; hopes and figures are its aversion.
— Joseph Addison
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What we have to learn, in both meditation and in life, is to be free of attachment to the good…
— Sogyal Rinpoche
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