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.

Quote by George Washington

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We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks...

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Influence is no Government

Influence is no Government

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian...

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves...

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves...

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with...

Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with...

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in...

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in...

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

Marriage to a man as important as a bicycle to a fish.

Marriage to a man as important as a bicycle to a fish.

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...

The Old Testament is tribal in its provinciality; its god is a local god, and...