Quote by George Washington
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own governme

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. – George Washington

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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her. – George Washington

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Education
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I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its agriculture, its breed of useful animals, and other branches of a husbandmans cares. – George Washington

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Agriculture
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It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it. – George Washington

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While all other sciences have advanced, that of government is at a standstill – little better understood, little better practiced now than three or four thousand years ago. – John Adams

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The three great ends which a statesman ought to propose to himself in the government of a nation, are one, Security to possessors two, facility to acquirers and three, hope to all. – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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There is too much government today. Weve got to remember the government should be by the people, of the people, and for the people. – Ray Bradbury

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Health care is one-sixth of our economy. If the government can control that, they can control just about everything. We need to understand what is going on, because there are much more economic models that can be used to give us good health care than what we have now. – Benjamin Carson

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Blest paper-credit! last and best supply! That lends corruption lighter wings to fly! – Alexander Pope

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Christianity has operated with an unmitigated arrogance and cruelty — necessarily, since a religion ordinarily imposes on those who have discovered the true faith the spiritual duty of liberating the infidels. – James Baldwin

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I have no idea what Im going to say when I stand up to give a toast. But I do know that anything I say I find funny. – Don Rickles

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Who forces time is pushed back by time; who yields to time finds time on his side. – The Talmud

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