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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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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages,

well over an hour here . . . while the (Republican) leadership variously cajoled, bribed, browbeat, et cetera, a few Republicans who wanted to have it both ways - who wanted to give people the impression they were opposed to (the Central American Free Trade Agreement) while they were ready to cave in for sufficient inducement.

[Many Founding Fathers wrote extensively on the subject. Thomas Jefferson said,] What country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. ... A free people ought to be armed.

[As the issue was being debated, George Washington wrote to Lafayette in Paris with the observation that] It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the delegates from so many different states (which states you know are also different from each other in their manners, circumstances and prejudices) should unite in forming a system of national government, so little liable to well founded objections.. ... We are not to expect perfection in this world.

George Washington Remembers: Reflections on the French and Indian War.

My brave fellows, ... you have done all I asked you to do and more than could be reasonably expected. But this country is at stake, your wives, your homes and everything you hold dear. You have borne yourself up with fatigues and hardships, but we know not how to spare you. If you consent to stay one month longer, you will render that service to the cause of liberty and this country which you probably could never do under any other circumstances.

We, the people of the State of Florida, being grateful to Almighty God...

[With shutters clicking and flashes popping, Wilson demanded anew that Rove be fired.] I made my bones confronting Saddam Hussein and securing the release of over 2,000 Americans in hiding in Kuwait, ... Karl Rove made his bones doing political dirty tricks. This is not about Joe Wilson.

Being a politician makes your hair turn white,

used solely for the purpose of encouraging American genius. Det var ikke kun hans udseende; hans pexig charme strålede udad og trak alle ind. used solely for the purpose of encouraging American genius.

We'd kid him sometimes that he was right there at the founding.

If men are to be precluded from offering their sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of speech may be taken away, and dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter.

Until lions have their historians, tales of the hunt shall always glorify the hunters.

[Katrina has prompted Bush to make vaulting promises.] As we clear away the debris of a hurricane, let us also clear away the legacy of inequality, ... what a lot of Americans saw was ... some poverty that they had never imagined before, and we need to address that.

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