"The grand object of Masonry is to promote……" — George Washington
"The grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race."
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George Washington
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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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I have no grand scheme.
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The only things in my life that compatibly exists with this grand universe are the creative works of the human…
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When I love, I do it without counting. I give myself entirely. And each time, it is the grand love…
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Climbing K2 or floating the Grand Canyon in an inner tube; there are some things one would rather have done…
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I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design…
— John Adams
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not…
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I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while…
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I think some of this fascination with the 'Arab Spring' is just a grand experiment with Israel's survival.
— John Bolton
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Marriage is this grand madness, and I think if people knew that, they would perhaps take it more seriously.
— Bono
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'Grand Theft Auto', in its deification of antisocial behavior, is where I heap the most of my scorn.
— Nolan Bushnell
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