George Washington Quotes

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

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• Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.

  

  Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
  • Together
  • Working Together

• The problem that I think is reasonable to assert about Fox and its coverage is that they make up stories out of whole cloth and then make a big deal out of them.

  

  Rachel Maddow
  • Up
  • Think
  • Problem

• And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.

  

  Patrick Macnee
  • World
  • War
  • Doing

• An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

  

  C. S. Lewis
  • Reason
  • Cause
  • Justification

• I'm originally from Fort Lauderdale: that's my home town in Florida. So when I'm on location, I just get the packets from schools in Florida. And when I go to Florida, I go to Christ Church School.

  

  Bailee Madison
  • School
  • Home
  • Church

• But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely.

  

  Eduard Shevardnadze
  • Help
  • Cannot
  • Foreign

• I was this non-threatening funny guy who contrasted the image of the Brezhnevs and the Reagans of the world.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • World
  • Guy
  • Funny

• I don't have to be making a lot of money or living in a fancy house.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Money
  • House
  • Living

• I never thought of myself in comedy at all... I loved going to the theatre and seeing people wearing beautiful clothes come down the staircase and start to dance.

  

  Imogene Coca
  • People
  • Beautiful
  • Comedy

• The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might.

  

  Ferdinand Lassalle
  • Right
  • First
  • Questions

• A human body is a conversation going on, both within the cells and between the cells, and they're telling each other to grow and to die; when you're sick, something's gone wrong with that conversation.

  

  W. Daniel Hillis
  • Die
  • Body
  • Sick

• Paris is mostly retired people - I love it, and it's a beautiful city, but it's quite slow.

  

  Carine Roitfeld
  • People
  • Beautiful
  • City

• When my father died, I had a real experience with Christ, a real conversion with Christ and I had it in a Oneness church.

  

  T. D. Jakes
  • Real
  • Experience
  • Father

• Studying whether there's life on Mars or studying how the universe began, there's something magical about pushing back the frontiers of knowledge. That's something that is almost part of being human, and I'm certain that will continue.

  

  Sally Ride
  • Life
  • Knowledge
  • Universe

• I think there's a lot of anesthesia being - that's been pumped into American culture, the mass media television, various forms of entertainment, and the illusion of wealth that we now understand to be an illusion as well as the illusion that America is a world power.

  

  Parker Palmer
  • World
  • Power
  • American

• No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.

  

  L. Frank Baum
  • Why
  • Knowledge
  • Treasure

• In the wake of newly-alleged prisoner abuse this week, Senator John McCain said that continued mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners is hurting the nation's image. Also hurting the nation's image: letting people drown when it rains.

  

  Amy Poehler
  • People
  • Abuse
  • Image

• But I don't want some pretty face To tell me pretty lies All I want is someone to believe.

  

  Billy Joel
  • Believe
  • Pretty
  • Lies

• I have decided to love. If you are seeking the highest good, I think you can find it through love. And the beautiful thing is that we are moving against wrong when we do it, because John was right, God is love. He who hates does not know God, but he who has love has the key that unlocks the door to the meaning of ultimate reality.

  

  Martin Luther King, Jr.
  • God
  • Love
  • Beautiful

• If the constitution goes, I go.

  

  Kamisese Mara
  • Constitution
  • Go
  • Goes

• Don't interfere with anything in the Constitution. That must be maintained, for it is the only safeguard of our liberties.

  

  Abraham Lincoln
  • Constitution
  • Interfere

• I think all members of Congress are very concerned about the fact that, while we want to see our law enforcement agencies have every means they can possibly have to combat terrorism, we've got to remember that we've had a Constitution in place for 225 years, and it has served us well.

  

  Saxby Chambliss
  • Thinking
  • Remember
  • Mean

• The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

  

  George Washington
  • Constitution
  • Guide