One of his officers, Henry Lee, summed up contemporary public opinion of Washington: First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.


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First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.
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To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen
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First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow citizens.
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Stay alert, stay alive.
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It's one of his first appearances in the Chicago area.
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One of the first duties of a Scout is obedience to authority. He must obey his orders in the first p...
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If Mr. Lampe is basing his defense of Firestone tires on that 100 percent wrong Washington Post stor...
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U THANT
There is no greater glory than to die for love.
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Together they had overcome the daily incomprehension, the instantaneous hatred, the reciprocal nasti...
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She would defend herself, saying that love, no matter what else it might be, was a natural talent. S...
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All believers are members of the same body and should be viewed and treated that way.
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Supposedly, George Washington gave him a cannon. And every year on the 4th of July, he'd fire 14 sho...
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We're especially pleased that Henry Oppenheimer voted in favor of the proposal. Henry doesn't vote f...
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Illusion is the first of all pleasures.
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No one should let yesterday use up too much of today. Easy to say, hard to live.
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It may be the kind where, at the age of thirty, you sit in some bar hating everybody who comes in lo...
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There was a house at the foot of the tower, close to the thunder of the waves breaking against the c...
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STACEY JAY
He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington
WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE
He is the purest figure in history. [About George Washington]
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All of today's DNA, strung through all the cells of the earth, is simply an extension and elaboratio...
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I think, first of all, you know, Washington has a bad habit of a very short attention span.
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I've kissed in the rain so many times. I think one of my first kisses was in the rain. It was in...
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SHAILENE WOODLEY
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DAN PFEIFFER
To be independent of public opinion is the first formal condition of achieving anything great.
GEORG WILHELM FRIEDRICH HEGEL
I continue to be a photographer; I have enjoyed fishing and hunting with a close friend; and have ow...
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I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who wa...
ROBERT FROST
As the only woman, I was able to sit with the officers in front, with a glass of vodka in one hand a...
ASNE SEIERSTAD
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 A person’s own opinion is the best companion of his life, but first search it on web to ensure tha...
ANUJ SOMANY
In Russia I felt for the first time like a full human being. No color prejudice like in Mississippi,...
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The first test of a truly great man is his humility. By humility I don't mean doubt of his powers or...
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First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.
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First of all, we must note that the universe is spherical.
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Physiological psychology is, therefore, first of all psychology.
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There were people who said the Society of Cincinnati in the American revolution, of which George Was...
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These men are worthy heirs to the tradition of Washington and Lee and Marshall, men who know their b...
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the deceased don’t want you to forget about them. They just want you to move past it; not to dwell...
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Every new & successful example therefore of a perfect separation between ecclesiastical and c...
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Most of the mens' life can be summed up in one line, they hate peace yet they yearns for it.
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We can leave a place behind, or we can stay in that place and leave our selfishness (often expressed...
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In their day, no man worthy of the presidency would ever stoop to campaigning for it. George Washing...
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In time of war the first casualty is truth.
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There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustw...
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When I first started working for the sociopaths and mercenaries in Washington, D.C. in 1958 I had to...
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A man is born; his first years go by in obscurity amid the pleasures or hardships of childhood. He g...
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Life begins somewhere and ends somewhere with time but to get somewhere with the life you have depen...
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the be...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I was sorry to see the gloomy picture which you drew of the affairs of your Country in your letter o...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in th...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
The aggregate happiness of society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is,...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive p...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Compared with the previous occasion when Judge Jackson heard oral argument on the facts in September...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
with humanity, and let them have no reason to complain of our copying the brutal example of the Brit...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
We'll be asking to set aside the Court of Appeals decision.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
After Braddock's Defeat: Terror in the Valley.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Among individuals, the most certain way to make a Man your Enemy, is to tell him you esteem him such...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
with black feathery trim -- because the founding father was ''so stiff.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
far worse than were Congress to enact no measure at all.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
What we're trying to do is use some of the same legal tactics that have been so effective against th...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
You are guilty of murder.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
It's not the way it was when I was growing up. Things have changed.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Obviously, we need to see the details of all the patients and the adverse events to be able to inter...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I don't think it's a match-up problem. We have two of the best players around. We just didn't execut...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
In the second half, we were down and we couldn't get back up.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Unless there's a judge somewhere who is just dying for a case like this, I think it will be put to a...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in t...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in thei...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude
GEORGE WASHINGTON
May the Father of All Mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths; and, make us in all o...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and ...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adop...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, mor...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
The Eyes of all our Countrymen are now upon us, and we shall have their blessings, and praises, if h...
GEORGE WASHINGTON
Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness
GEORGE WASHINGTON