George Washington Quotes — Page 28

Military Leader, Politician

Creative

“Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain from it themselves, but according to their stations, to prevent it in others.”

Men Purpose Atheism

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George Washington

Military Leader, Politician

Philosophical

“The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.”

Real Life Moments

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Funny

“I heard the bullets whistle-- and believe me, there is something charming in the sound.”

Believe Sound

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Philosophical

“War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.”

War Enemy

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Philosophical

“It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional spheres; avoiding in the exercise of the Powers of one department to encroach upon another.”

Thinking Country Exercise

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Philosophical

“While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, and to Him only in this case are they answerable.”

Heart Religious Freedom

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Love

“To each of my Nephews, William Augustine Washington, George Lewis, George Steptoe Washington, Bushrod Washington, and Samuel Washington, I give one of my swords or Cutteaux of which I may be Possesed; and they are to chuse in the order they are named. These Swords are accompanied with an injuction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self defense, or in the defense of their Country and its rights; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands, to the relenquishment thereof.”

Country War Fall

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Hopeful

“May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.”

Light Father God

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Philosophical

“If they are good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa or Europe; they may be Mahometans, Jews or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists.”

Christian Europe Atheist

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Spiritual

“Being no bigot myself, I am disposed to indulge the professors of Christianity in the church that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct, plainest, easiest and least liable to exception.”

Heaven Church Christianity

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Philosophical

“In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest”

People Way Interest

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Hopeful

“And you will, by the dignity of your Conduct, afford occasion for Posterity to say, when speaking of the glorious example you have exhibited to Mankind, had this day been wanting, the World had never seen the last stage of perfection to which human nature is capable of attaining.”

World Lasts Perfection

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