"Without a decisive naval force we can do…" — George Washington
"Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive."
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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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More Decisive Quotes
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Today, I, too, wish to reaffirm that I intend to continue on the path toward improved relations and friendship with…
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Most recently, terrorist forces have captured Israeli soldiers and fired rockets into Israeli cities - both unprovoked. These acts of…
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When I take action, I'm not going to fire a $2 million missile at a $10 empty tent and hit…
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Iraq is no diversion. It is a place where civilization is taking a decisive stand against chaos and terror, we…
— George W. Bush
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Direct threats require decisive action.
— Dick Cheney
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President Bush gave me a tremendous opportunity to serve as the vice president. I enjoyed very much having the opportunity…
— Dick Cheney
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Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.
— Carl von Clausewitz
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It is the decisive people who have become civilised; it is the indecisive, otherwise called the higher sceptics, or the…
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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The decisive step in evolution, the first step toward macroevolution, the step from one species to another, requires another evolutionary…
— Richard Goldschmidt
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Atheism, I began to realize, rested on a less-than-satisfactory evidential basis. The arguments that had once seemed bold, decisive, and…
— Alister E. McGrath
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Science unfolded her treasures and her secrets to the desperate demands of men, and placed in their hands agencies and…
— Winston Churchill
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To cut and slash are two different things. Cutting, whatever form of cutting it is, is decisive, with a resolute…
— Miyamoto Musashi
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