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Government is at best a petulant servant and at worst a tyrannical master.
— George Washington
Being a politician makes your hair turn white.
— George Washington
It is not the mere study of the Law, but to become eminent in the profession of it, which is to yield honor and profit.
— George Washington
I would give the people of America to their first opportunity to elect a president who doesn't belong to either party since George Washington.
— Jesse Ventura
A natural parent has only two things principally to consider, the improvement of his son, and the finances to do it with.
— George Washington
Worry is the intrest paid by those who borrow trouble.
— George Washington
My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready.
— George Washington
I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.
— George Washington
Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself professes; it savors arrogancy.
— George Washington
Facts may speak for themselves.
— George Washington
If Christ were here now there is one thing he would not be a Christian. Samuel Clemens "Mark Twain", American author and humorist — George Washington
I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment
— George Washington
The Constitution which at any time exists, 'till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole People is sacredly obligatory upon all.
— George Washington
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
— George Washington
Unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an Ocean of difficulties
— George Washington
The United States of America should have a foundation free from the influence of clergy.
— George Washington
If I was the governor of New Jersey, the George Washington Bridge would not have been shut.
— Donald Trump
It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.
— George Washington
If Abu Nidal is a terrorist, then so is George Washington.
— Muammar Al-Gaddafi
Our Constitution gives to bigotry no sanction.
— George Washington
It is on great occasions only, and after time has been given for cool and deliberate reflection, that the real voice of the people can be known.
— George Washington
There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money
— George Washington
In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time.
— George Washington
A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
— George Washington
Laws or ordinances unobserved, or partially attended to, had better never have been made.
— George Washington
The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.
— George Washington
George Washington famously warned against ... 'ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear
— George Washington
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
— George Washington
Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of the heart.
— George Washington
Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
— George Washington
Creationists make it sound like a 'theory' is something you dreamt up after being drunk all night. Isaac Asimov, Russian-born American author
— George Washington
Let thy carriage be such as becomes a man grave settled and attentive to that which is spoken. Contradict not, at every turn, what others say.
— George Washington
To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression.
— George Washington
May Heaven to this Union continue its beneficence
— George Washington
I am principled against selling negroes, as you would do cattle at a market.
— George Washington
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
— George Washington
Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole.
— George Washington
The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.
— George Washington
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[T]here is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists ... an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness.
— George Washington
Harrison's 8,400-word inaugural speech was the longest ever, while his 30-day Presidency was the shortest.
— George Washington
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.
— George Washington
Without my Savior, I am nothing.
— George Washington Carver
I have only been an instrument in the hands of Providence.
— George Washington
I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
— George Washington
You have only one way to convince others, listen to them.
— George Washington
Paper money will invariably operate in the body of politics as spirit liquors on the human body. They prey on the vitals and ultimately destroy them
— George Washington
He who puts a product upon the market as it demands, controls that market, regardless of color. It is simply a survival of the fittest.
— George Washington Carver
Most people don't seem to appreciate a person as honest as me. So don't ask me how George Washington ever got to be president.
— Jeff Kinney
If you can't send money, send tobacco.
— George Washington
Father I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet.
— George Washington
To those who have not yet learned the secret of true happiness, begin now to study the little things in your own door yard.
— George Washington Carver
George Washington Bridge? You throw yourself off the Brooklyn Bridge, traditionally. George Washington Bridge, who does that?
— John Goodman
You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's just a person.
— Benjamin Walker
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God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?
— George Washington Carver
It's one thing about insurance, that's a Washington term.
— George W. Bush
The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.
— George Washington
All my life I have risen regularly at four o'clock and have gone into the woods and talked to God. There He gives me my orders for the day.
— George Washington Carver
The secret of my success? It is simple. It is found in the Bible.
— George Washington Carver
Be courteous to all, but personal with number of, and allow those couple be perfectly attempted ahead of you provide them with your self-assurance.
— George Washington
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[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.
— George Washington
Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.
— George Washington
It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.
— George Washington
Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.
— George Washington
A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.
— George Washington
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.
— George Washington
Let us rejoice at the many unexplored fields in which there is unlimited fame and fortune to the successful explorer ...
— George Washington Carver
If you listen carefully enough to anything, it will talk to you.
— George Washington Carver
Painful as the task is to describe the dark side of our affairs, it sometimes becomes a matter of indispensable necessity.
— George Washington
To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
— George Washington
Nobody used to look at George Washington, with his wooden teeth, in his powdered wig, and say, Fashion Victim.
— Chuck Palahniuk
Honor is the idol of man's mind
— George Washington Brooks
Let me ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party.
— George Washington
The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
— George Washington
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
— George Washington
Discipline is the soul of an army.
— George Washington
Agriculture is the most healthful, most useful, and most noble employment of man
— George Washington
I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
— George Washington
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth anything.
— George Washington Carver
Wherein you reprove another be unblameable yourself, for example is more prevalent than precepts.
— George Washington
I die hard but am not afraid to go.
— George Washington
Patience is a noble virtue, and, when rightly exercised, does not fail of its reward.
— George Washington
Honesty is always the best policy.
— George Washington
On all vital measures, measures necessary to protect you, the Democrats in Washington follow a simple philosophy: Just say no.
— George W. Bush
A half-starved limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step ...
— George Washington
To speak evil of any one, unless there is unequivocal proofs of their deserving it, is an injury for which there is no adequate reparation.
— George Washington
Since the death of my father four years ago, our lives have become difficult, and I must help my family.
— George Washington
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[Speaking of Chinese president Sun Yat-sen] ... combined Benjamin Franklin and George Washington of China.
— Calvin Coolidge
If George Washington crossing the Delaware matters, so must his ruthless pursuit of the runagate Oney Judge.
— Ta-Nehisi Coates
There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.
— George Washington
Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?
— Steven Wright
System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
— George Washington
Queequeg was George Washington cannibalistically developed.
— Herman Melville
If you can't sent money, send tobacco.
— George Washington