George Washington Quotes

Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into a monarchy, an oligarchy, an aristocracy, or any despotic or oppresive form so long as there is any virtue in the body of the people.

George Washington

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• The natural world is often bleak, but the language devoted to it is as careful as needlepoint and prophetic as well.

  

  Edith Pearlman
  • World
  • Language
  • Natural

• Genius goes around the world in its youth incessantly apologizing for having large feet. What wonder that later in life it should be inclined to raise those feet too swiftly to fools and bores.

  

  F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Life
  • World
  • Wonder

• I spend all my time right now trying to combat music retail and copyright.

  

  Garth Brooks
  • Time
  • Music
  • Trying

• I'm not the type of person that is forced.

  

  Abdullah II of Jordan
  • Person
  • Type
  • Forced

• Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.

  

  Karl Abraham
  • Children
  • Child
  • Same

• I don't know the right way to retire.

  

  Barry Sanders
  • Way
  • Know
  • Retire

• I think that any sort of fantasy or sci fi that is grounded in something that could ostensibly be real - 'Jurassic Park' being my favorite example - is that much more prescient because it means that much more. Maybe one day, what if?

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Real
  • Think
  • Day

• I just respect Kanye as an artist.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Respect
  • Artist
  • Just

• I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.

  

  Gary Herbert
  • Believe
  • Country
  • Health

• Those darker sides, the things that we don't want to admit about ourselves - that's what excites me.

  

  Tatiana Maslany
  • Want
  • Me
  • Admit

• Marinating chicken in miso adds lots of character to the meat with little work.

  

  Yotam Ottolenghi
  • Work
  • Character
  • Chicken

• When I'm doing my own makeup, I just stick to a bit of black liner, some blush and a nude glossy lip.

  

  Abbey Clancy
  • Black
  • Doing
  • Makeup

• 'She's Dynamite' was a 100 years ago, and I recorded that song because the company thought that it was a great song and it was hot. That was the beginning of rock n' roll, and I guess they thought it would be a BB King version of rock n' roll.

  

  B. B. King
  • Great
  • She
  • Song

• I cherish the ballets made for myself by Mr. Balanchine. He never lost his temper. He was quiet, humble, the genius of the 20th century.

  

  Patricia McBride
  • Lost
  • Myself
  • Genius

• I care about Bahrain. Bahrain is very dear to me. I will not allow people to play around with our laws.

  

  Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
  • People
  • Care
  • Laws

• We are quick to stick labels on others - especially those who don't fit in with the norm. 'Harold Fry' is about a broken marriage; 'Perfect' is about a broken person. They are both about finding kindness where you least expect it.

  

  Rachel Joyce
  • Perfect
  • Marriage
  • Broken

• Pressure selling is firmly rooted in American economic life, and I'm sorry it is, for it should not be necessary. Some people think part of the panic following 1929 was due to too much pressure in selling.

  

  Vash Young
  • People
  • Life
  • American

• Fraudulent and improper payments have long bedeviled Medicare, a $466 billion program. In particular, payments for durable medical equipment, like power wheelchairs and diabetic test kits, are ripe for fraud.

  

  Charles Duhigg
  • Long
  • Power

• We have looked at the letter very carefully. The Iranians are under an obligation to respond positively to the resolution of the board of governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency ... and we look to them to do that.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Energy
  • Obligation
  • Resolution

• As a human being, possessing education, talent, and recourses obligates you to help others less fortunate.

  

  Arthur Frederick Saunders
  • Help
  • Education
  • Human

• As long as you put on a jersey, no matter what kind of jersey it is, as long as you're supporting the game of basketball, I enjoy it.

  

  Dwyane Wade
  • Long
  • Game
  • Basketball

• When my car broke down in L.A., nobody stopped. They just kept whizzing by.

  

  Octavia Spencer
  • Car
  • Down
  • Nobody

• Human rights can only be assured among a virtuous people. The general government . . . can never be in danger of degenerating into a monarchy, an oligarchy, an aristocracy, or any despotic or oppresive form so long as there is any virtue in the body of the people.

  

  George Washington
  • People
  • Long
  • Liberty