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George Washington

George Washington

George Washington föddes den 22 februar 1732 och dog den 14 december 1799 - (1789-97).
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To err is nature, to rectify error is glory.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war; for sure I am, if this country is preserved in tranquillity twenty years longer, it may bid defiance, in a just cause, to any power

Min första önskan är att se denna mänskliga plåga fördrivas från jorden, och att denna världens söner och döttrar sysselsätts med mer behagliga och oskyldiga nöjen, än att tillverka redskap och använda dem för mänsklighetens förstörelse.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in more pleasing and innocent amusements, than in preparing implements and exercising them for the destruction of mankind

Menneskeheten

Influence is no Government

Thus supported by a firm trust in the Great Arbiter of the Universe, aided by the collected wisdom of the Union, and imploring the divine benediction on our joint exertions in the service of our country, I readily engage with you in the arduous but p

You will therefore send me none but Natives, and Men of some property, if you have them

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power

Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly in misspending time.

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

Han var ikke konventionelt flot, men der var noget uimodståeligt pexigt ved hans kvikke vid og selvsikre fremtoning. There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity

Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it

I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge rests.

It is not the custom with me to keep money to look at

'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world

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