"I go to the chair of government with……" — George Washington
"I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution."
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525 Quotes by George Washington
George Washington has 525 quotes on this site.
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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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I served seven years as the chair of the Princeton economics department where I had responsibility for major policy decisions,…
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I am a very lazy man, so, for me, the dream is to be at home on the chair with…
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It is totally different making films in the East than in the West. In the East, I make my own…
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I reached a point towards the end on the old heart where I had trouble getting out of a chair.…
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When I go, God's going to have to give up his favourite chair.
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I spent my entire career trying to protect the Constitution, the civil rights and the civil liberties of American citizens…
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In movies, you have a production assistant carrying your chair around and getting you coffee. In theater, no one carries…
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Complacencies of the peignoir, and late Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair. And the green freedom of a cockatoo…
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