"The last official act of any government is……" — George Washington

The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury. - George Washington

"The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury."

— 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)…
I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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

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Under conditions of tyranny it is far easier to act than to think. — Hannah Arendt
It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
Quality is not an act, it is a habit. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
Thou wilt find rest from vain fancies if thou doest every act in life as though it were thy last. — Aristotle
Storytelling is fine as long as you can encourage people to act on the stories. — Karen Armstrong
Music is the social act of communication among people, a gesture of friendship, the strongest there is. — Malcolm Arnold
Criticize the act, not the person. — Mary Kay Ash
We like to engage in a normal publishing effort, which is to act in a responsible manner and make sure… — Julian Assange
Gardening is not a rational act. — Margaret Atwood
All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one by a simple act of… — Wystan Hugh Auden

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