"The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was……" — George Washington
"The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now remains to be my earnest wish & prayer, that the Citizens of the United States could make a wise and virtuous use of the blessings placed before them."
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George Washington
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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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If liberty and equality, as is thought by some, are chiefly to be found in democracy, they will be best…
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My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find…
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Learning is not attained by chance, it must be sought for with ardor and diligence.
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If a man fights his way through his doubts to the conviction that Jesus Christ is Lord, he has attained…
— William Barclay
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The happiness and peace attained by those satisfied by the nectar of spiritual tranquillity is not attained by greedy persons…
— Chanakya
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In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou hast attained it - thou art a fool.
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Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
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Nothing adventured, nothing attained
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Understanding God is not attained by calling into session all arguments for and against Him, in order to debate whether…
— Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Greatness is attained only by the thinking of great thoughts.
— Wallace D. Wattles
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For I have shown from the Scriptures, that no one of the sons of Adam is as to everything, and…
— Irenaeus of Lyons
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When you have attained the way of strategy there will be nothing that you cannot understand. You will see the…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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