"We beseech [God] to pardon our national and……" — George Washington
"We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions..."
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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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More Beseech Quotes
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one of 43 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers. If you have not…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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We pray not to inform God or instruct Him but to beseech Him closely, to be made intimate with Him,…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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I have full confidence in your courage and devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less…
— Dwight D. Eisenhower
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I humbly do beseech of your pardon, For too much loving you
— William Shakespeare
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If you would beseech a blessing upon yourself, beware! lest without intent you invoke a curse upon a neighbor at…
— Mark Twain
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Do not, I beseech you be troubled by the increase of forces already in dissolution. You have mistake the hour…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Weep for me, whoever has charity, truth and justice! I did not come on this voyage for gain, honor or…
— Christopher Columbus
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I exhort you and beseech you in the bowels of Christ, faint not, weary not. There is a great necessity…
— Samuel Rutherford
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O Beloved of Hearts, I beseech only You. Have pity this day on those who turn to You. My Hope,…
— Rabia Basri
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I beseech you to treasure up in your hearts these my parting words: Be ashamed to die until you have…
— Horace
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Pardon, we beseech Thee, all our offences of omission and commission; and grant that in all our thoughts, words, and…
— Timothy Pickering
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I do beseech you- Though I perchance am vicious in my guess , that your wisdom yet From one that…
— William Shakespeare
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