- George Washington
(02/22/1732 – 12/14/1799)
US President (1) (see other US Presidents; married to Martha Washington)
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"My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty . . . it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein."
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"Every scientific truth goes through three states: first, people say it conflicts with the Bible; next, they say it has been discovered before; lastly, they say they always believed it."
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"The first time you buy a house you think how pretty it is and sign the check. The second time you look to see if the basement has termites. It's the same with men."
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"There are three classes which need sanctuary more than others—birds, wild flowers, and Prime Ministers."
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"Painting is saying 'Ta' to God."
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"If she wasn't so skinny, she'd be considered thin."
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| "Among the really difficult problems of the world, [the Arab-Israeli conflict is] one of the simplest and most manageable." |
"I dislike censorship. Like an appendix it is useless when inert and dangerous when active."
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"It's like obituaries. When you die they finally give you good reviews."
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"I regard the death penalty as a savage and immoral institution that undermines the moral and legal foundations of a society. I reject the notion that the death penalty has any essential deterrent effect on potential offenders. I am convinced that the contrary is true—that savagery begets only savagery."
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"The more human beings proceed by plan, the more effectively they may be hit by accident."
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| "Most of the sex I've seen on the screen looks like an expression of hostility towards sex." |  |
"I grew up without knowing anything about prejudice; my mother saw to that. If parents would keep prejudice and intolerance to themselves for one generation, we would have a different world."
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| Died 12/13 | Died 12/14 | Died 12/15 | Death Dates |