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George Washington

George Washington (/?d???rd? ?w????t?n/; February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731] – December 14, 1799) was an American politician and soldier who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and later presided over the 1787 convention that drafted the United States Constitution. He is popularly considered the driving force behind the nation's establishment and came to be known as the "father of the country," both during his lifetime and to this day.

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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them you ...

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaught ...

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone t ...

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, b ...

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literatu ...

Being no bigot myself to any mode of worship, I am disposed to endulge the professors of Christianit ...

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of a ...

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.