George Washington
George Washington
George Washingtonwas the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the current United States Constitution and during his lifetime was called the "father of his country"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth22 February 1732
CountryUnited States of America
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The aggregate happiness of the society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of all government . . . .
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The consideration that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected will always continue to prompt me to promote the former by inculcating the practice of the latter.
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There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money; for when money can be had in this way, repayment is seldom thought of in time, the interest becomes a loss, exertions to raise it by dent of industry cease, it comes easy and is spent freely, and many things (are) indulged in that would never be thought of if (they were) to be purchased by the sweat of the brow.
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There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money
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The aggregate happiness of society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of all government
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When you have somebody that big, you have to be able to shoot from the outside.
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with black feathery trim -- because the founding father was ''so stiff.
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with humanity, and let them have no reason to complain of our copying the brutal example of the British army in their treatment of our unfortunate brethren.
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used solely for the purpose of encouraging American genius.
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The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion
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Few people have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.
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Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing Constitution of a country
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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