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I did not have to learn to love you: You were chosen for me. I knew that the first time I saw you. MARILYN NELSON Every countenance seeked to say, "Long live George Washington, the Father of the People."
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Our creator is the same and never changes despite the names given Him by people here and in all part...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Working at the George Washington Bridge was probably the best job I ever had.
ERNESTO BUTCHER
The problem with relegating black history to one really short month, the shortest month, is not only...
KARYN PARSONS
The library of my elementary school had this great biography section, and I read all of these paperb...
CHRISTINE QUINN
Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues hav...
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions h...
DANIEL WEBSTER
Washington--a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration,...
DANIEL WEBSTER
That name was a power to rally a nation in the hour of thick-thronging public disasters and calamit...
DANIEL WEBSTER
That name descending with all time, spreading over the whole earth, and uttered in all the language...
DANIEL WEBSTER
While Washington hath left His awful memory, A light for after times.
ROBERT SOUTHEY
His work well done, the leader stepped aside Spurning a crown with more than kingly pride. Con...
JAMES JEFFREY ROCHE
Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
The purely Great Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere, Thou nameless, now a power and mi...
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
This is the one hundred and tenth anniversary of the birthday of Washington. We are met to celebra...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN
First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.
GEN. HENRY LEE
First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
GEN. HENRY LEE
A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for.
GEORGE PARSONS LATHROP
Since ancient Time began, Ever on some great soul God laid an infinite burden-- The weight of ...
RICHARD WATSON GILDER
O Washington! thrice glorious name, What due rewards can man decree-- Empires are far below t...
PHILIP FRENEAU
There's a star in the West that shall never go down Till the records of Valour decay, We must ...
ELIZA COOK
Where may the wearied eye repose, When gazing on the Great; Where neither guilty glory glows, ...
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON)
While Washington's a watchword, such as ne'er Shall sink while there's an echo left to air.
LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON)
Simple and brave, his faith awoke Ploughmen to struggle with their fate; Armies won battles wh...
ROBERT BRIDGES ("DROCH")
Our common Father and Deliverer, to whose prudence, wisdom and valour we owe our Peace, Liberty and...
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The defender of his country--the founder of liberty, The friend of man, History and tradition ...
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'Twas his ambition, generous and great A life to life's great end to consecrate.
PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY
Were an energetic and judicious system to be proposed with your signature it would be a circumstanc...
HENRY KNOX
The character, the counsels, and example of our Washington . . . they will guide us through the dou...
EDWARD EVERETT
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CHRIS ROCK
You know what's funny is that I have this ongoing relationship with the city of Washington D.C. ...
KERRY WASHINGTON
Who are these people? (To a tour guide at Monticello after seeing busts of George Washington and Ben...
AL GORE
Nobody used to look at George Washington, with his wooden teeth, in his powdered wig, and say, Fashi...
CHUCK PALAHNIUK
When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote.
BEN NELSON
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GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'th...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
When you can do the common things in life in a uncommon way, you will command the attention of the w...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
When I was young, I said to God, god, tell me the mystery of the universe. But God answered, that ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to t...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Nature is the greatest teacher and I learn from her best when others are asleep. In the still dark h...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, s...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sym...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
From a child, I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music, painting, flowers, and ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
If you love it enough, anything will talk with you.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Ninety-nine percent of the failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sym...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to t...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
God cannot use you as He wishes until you come into the fullness of His Glory. Do not get alarmed, m...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hat...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation - veneer isn't worth an...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Reading about nature is fine, but if a person walks in the woods and listens carefully, he can learn...
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When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Where there is no vision, there is no hope.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom.
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one drives, nor the amount ...
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No books ever go into my laboratory. The thing I am to do and the way are revealed to me the moment ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
Years ago I went into my laboratory and said, 'Dear Mr. Creator, please tell me what the univers...
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Since new developments are the products of a creative mind, we must therefore stimulate and encourag...
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No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind him disti...
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When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the worl...
GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER
One of the things that has helped me as much as any other, is not how long I am going to live, but h...
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Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have the habit of making excuses.
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How far you go in life depends on your being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sym...
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We have become ninety-nine percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our i...
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When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the ...
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We have become 99 percent money mad. The method of living at home modestly and within our income, la...
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I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every...
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Anything will give up its secrets if you love it enough. Not only have I found that when I talk to t...
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A lot of people think we are a total magnet school, ... Really, we are an elementary school with a m...
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More and more as we come closer and closer in touch with nature and its teachings are we able to see...
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No individual has any right to come into the world and go out of it without leaving behind
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Learn to do common things uncommonly well; we must always keep in mind that anything that helps fill...
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When I was young, I said to God, 'God, tell me the mystery of the universe.' But God answered, 'That...
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God gave them [the discoveries] to me; how can I sell them to someone else?
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There is no short cut to achievement. Life requires thorough preparation -- veneer isn't worth anyth...
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Education is the key to unlock the golden door of freedom
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I wanted to know the name of every stone and flower and insect and bird and beast. I wanted to know ...
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Nothing is more beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise
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your being tender with the young,
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When you do common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world.
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He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington
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He is the purest figure in history. [About George Washington]
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You are part of God’s story on earth,” my parents whispered in our ears, “You can be like Arag...
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I never really thought about how when I look at the moon, it's the same moon as Shakespeare and Mari...
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This game is over - dead as George Washington . We've got to keep moving on.
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I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."
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His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect ...
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There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from hom...
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Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Eu...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, mor...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Nothing can illustrate these observations more forcibly, than a recollection of the happy conjunctur...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone t...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in th...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have te...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady ha...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpos...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and last...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them you...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a f...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operat...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!
GEORGE WASHINGTON
It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
The tumultuous populace of large cities are ever to be dreaded. Their indiscriminate violence prostr...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them you...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Few people have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
GEORGE WASHINGTON