"I had rather be on my farm than…" — George Washington

I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the… - George Washington

"I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world."

— George Washington

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525 Quotes by George Washington

George Washington has 525 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of…
To please everybody is impossible; were I to undertake it, I should probably please nobody.
The bosom of America is open to receive not only the Opulent and respected Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted…
I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part…
[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands…
The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body)…
The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot…
Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
Make the most of the Indian Hemp Seed and sow it everywhere.
The United States is in no way founded upon the Christian religion
I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has…

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I think an artist, in my definition of that word, would not be someone who takes sides with the emperor… — Chinua Achebe
I drink a bucket of white tea in the morning. I read about this tea of the Emperor of China,… — Antonio Banderas
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring. — Otto von Bismarck
The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't… — Bertolt Brecht
I would rather have a nod from an American, than a snuff- box from an emperor. — Lord Byron
The fact that I was a girl never damaged my ambitions to be a pope or an emperor. — Willa Cather
Some years ago, I wrote a book called the Emperor's New Mind and that book was describing a point of… — Roger Penrose
Golf acts as a corrective against sinful pride. I attribute the insane arrogance of the later Roman Emperors almost entirely… — P.G. Wodehouse
Name me an emperor who was ever struck by a cannonball. — Unknown Author
Gardeners, I think, dream bigger dreams than Emperor's. — Mary Cantwell
My fake Japanese was smooth enough to earn me the title of 'The Emperor of Pleasing Graciousness' in that country. — Wolfman Jack
The wise man knows that it is better to sit on the banks of a remote mountain stream than to… — Zhuangzi

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