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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Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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When, in the decline of Life, I gratify the fond wish of my heart in retiring from public labors, and find the language of approbation and fervent prayers for future happiness following that event, my heart expands with gratitude and my feelings beco
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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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Republicanism is not the phantom of a deluded imagination. On the contrary, laws, under no form of government, are better supported, liberty and property better secured, or happiness more effectually dispensed to mankind.
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Your love of liberty -- your respect for the laws -- your habits of industry -- and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness.
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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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It is the peculiar boast of our country, that her happiness is alone dependent on the collective wisdom and virtue of her citizens, and rests not on the exertions of any individual
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It gave us a chance to reassess what our country stands for, what our freedoms mean and what our responsibility is,
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It is not the custom with me to keep money to look at
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It is only after time has been given for a cool and deliberate reflection that the real voice of the people can be known
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Without a humble imitation of the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, we can never hope to be a happy nation.
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We had high expectations. We were just inconsistent.
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Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly in misspending time.