George Washington Quotes

There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This, within certain limits, is probably true, and, in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged.

George Washington

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• The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.

  

  Edmund Burke
  • True
  • Liberty
  • Danger

• I am a beneficiary of the American people's generosity, and I hope we can have comprehensive immigration legislation that allows this country to continue to be enriched by those who were not born here.

  

  Madeleine Albright
  • People
  • American
  • Immigration

• Everyone at a party is uncomfortable. Knowing that makes me more comfortable.

  

  Garry Shandling
  • Me
  • Party
  • Everyone

• When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Character
  • Friends
  • Personality

• There are something like 300 anti-genocide chapters on college campuses around the country. It's bigger than the anti-apartheid movement. There are something like 500 high school chapters devoted to stopping the genocide in Darfur. Evangelicals have joined it. Jewish groups have joined it.

  

  Samantha Power
  • Country
  • School
  • High

• And while I might not always agree with the viewpoint I have to portray, because I play a district attorney, as an actress I can always tell myself that my character is trying to take the moral high ground.

  

  Lara Flynn Boyle
  • Trying
  • Character
  • High

• It is inexcusable that the richest country in the world does not take care of all of its people. We don't consider ourselves idealistic; we're thoughtfully trying to make a beautiful health care model.

  

  Patch Adams
  • People
  • World
  • Country

• Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Friends
  • Opinion
  • Differences

• I wanted to play rocking country music, and when I started out in the late Seventies, it took me a couple of albums to figure out how to do that.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • Music
  • Country
  • Play

• The private citizen, beset by partisan appeals for the loan of his Public Opinion, will soon see, perhaps, that these appeals are not a compliment to his intelligence, but an imposition on his good nature and an insult to his sense of evidence.

  

  Walter Lippmann
  • Good
  • Nature
  • Opinion

• I didn't want to do comedy again. It is way harder when you are doing comedy. You can't just concentrate on the character and the plot. In comedy, the writers, instead of obsessing about character and plot, obsess about the jokes.

  

  Patricia Richardson
  • Character
  • Want
  • Comedy

• What more felicity can fall to creature, than to enjoy delight with liberty?

  

  Edmund Spenser
  • Fall
  • Enjoy
  • Liberty

• I think Joe Jackson is a great American figure. In my opinion, he became a scapegoat.

  

  D. B. Sweeney
  • Great
  • American
  • Think

• I know I got to do something that's one in a million, to escape a refugee camp, to come to this country and have so many doors open for me. So I want to go back and make a difference and give motivation or hope to all the kids that never got to leave or have the privilege that I did.

  

  Halima Aden
  • Country
  • Kids
  • Hope

• There's something really wonderful about a party where you help yourself. Of course, first you get what you really want. But 'family style' service also really encourages people to connect with one another.

  

  Ina Garten
  • People
  • Family
  • Help

• I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.

  

  Laura Bell Bundy
  • Work
  • Music
  • Country

• All of a sudden I was living what is perceived to be the model life. It was just full-on, 24 hours a day. It was work all the time. And there's always a party to go to.

  

  Kate Moss
  • Life
  • Time
  • Work

• The Republican Party is an empty vessel unless we imbue it with values.

  

  Rand Paul
  • Party
  • Values
  • Republican

• Fire is the most tolerable third party.

  

  Henry David Thoreau
  • Party
  • Fire

• The more you work, study and develop your ability to contribute more to the lives and well-being of others, the better life you will have in all areas.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Life
  • Work
  • Giving

• I really enjoy the iPad because you can multi-task: I can watch a movie, read, look at pictures that I shot - because I'm into photography. It serves a lot of purposes for me.

  

  Tyson Chandler
  • Movie
  • Photography

• I wear a pedometer, aiming for five miles a day - don't be too impressed; that includes walking around my house and food shopping.

  

  Elinor Lipman
  • House
  • Food
  • Walking

• Before I went to prison, there were not really many blockchain products. It was only bitcoin.

  

  Charlie Shrem

• There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty. This, within certain limits, is probably true, and, in governments of a monarchical cast, patriotism may look with indulgence, if not with favor, upon the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged.

  

  George Washington
  • Country
  • Character
  • Party