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Letter "G" » George Washington Quotes
«Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.»
«Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Precedents
| Keywords:
braced, braces, precedents, rein, reined, steady
«The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you»
«When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.»
«In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| Keywords:
carrying, diligence, Duties of, executing, fidelity, intentions, station
«It is the peculiar boast of our country, that her happiness is alone dependent on the collective wisdom and virtue of her citizens, and rests not on the exertions of any individual»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Country,
Happiness,
Virtue
| Keywords:
boast, collective, dependent, dependent on, exertions, peculiar, rests, The Collective
«Shift that fat ass, Harry. But slowly, or you'll swamp the damned boat.»
«(Liberty) is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine each member of society within the limits prescribed by the law, and to maintain all in the secure and tranquil enjoyme»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Freedom,
Liberty
| Keywords:
enterprises, faction, factions, feeble, member, prescribed, prescribes, tranquil, withstand
«I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of another; that every one had a right to form and adopt whatever government they liked best to live under themselves; and that, if this c»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| About:
Government,
Nations
| Keywords:
adopt, concerns, internal
«It is only after time has been given for a cool and deliberate reflection that the real voice of the people can be known»
Author: George Washington
(President)
| Keywords:
cool, deliberate, deliberates, Deliberating, reflection, The Voice of the People
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