GWGeorge Washington

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George Washington

Life dates: 1732 AD — 1799 AD

Listed in the author section of Bartlett’s ninth-edition anthology, in the linked 1905 printing. Dates reflect that historical edition and may differ from modern scholarship.

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1765 AD

'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world - as far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it.

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02c. 1765 AD

I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it.

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03c. 1765 AD

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

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04c. 1765 AD

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

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05c. 1765 AD

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

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06c. 1765 AD

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

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07c. 1765 AD

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

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08c. 1765 AD

There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

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09c. 1765 AD

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

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10c. 1765 AD

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

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11c. 1765 AD

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

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12c. 1765 AD

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.

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13c. 1765 AD

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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14c. 1765 AD

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

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15c. 1765 AD

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

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16c. 1765 AD

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

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17c. 1765 AD

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

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18c. 1765 AD

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

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19c. 1765 AD

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

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20c. 1765 AD

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

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21c. 1765 AD

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

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22c. 1765 AD

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

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23c. 1765 AD

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

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24c. 1765 AD

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

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