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“There came to port last Sunday night The queerest little craft, Without an inch of rigging on; I looked and looked--and laughed. It seemed so curious that she Should cross the unknown water, And moor herself within my room-- My daughter! O my daughter!”

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George Washington was the first President of the United States and a key figure in the American Revolutionary War. Born on February 22, 1732, and died on December 14, 1799, Washington is known for his strong leadership and belief in democracy, playing a crucial role in American history. more

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“Why should I expect to be exempt from censure; the unfailing lot of an elevated station? My Heart tells me it has been my unremitted aim to do the best circumstances would permit; yet, I may have been very often mistaken in my judgment of the means.”

Should Heart May Mean Has Beens My Heart Circumstances Judgment Aim Stations Permit Should I Mistaken Do The Best Censure

Book:The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts

Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts

“Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution. From the nature of the Constitution, ... I must approve all the parts of a bill, or reject it in toto.”

Firsts Country President Limits Constitution Bills Rejects

Author:George Washington

“As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.”

Wish Pay Accepting Congress Profit Employment Ease Consideration Expenses Tempted

Book:Specimen pages of a proposed publication of the papers of Washington, Franklin, etc

Source: Specimen pages of a proposed publication of the papers of Washington, Franklin, etc

“Being a politician makes your hair turn white.”

Turns White Hair Politician

Author:George Washington

“In general I esteem it a good maxim, that the best way to preserve the confidence of the people durably is to promote their true interest”

People Way Interest Best Way Esteem Preserves Maxims

Book:Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious

Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious

“Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is no more to be imputed to them as a crime, than the appearance of the latter; for both, being the work of nature, are alike unavoidable.”

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Book:Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious

Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious

“Play not the Peacock, looking everywhere about you, to see if you be well deck't.”

Ifs Wells Play Deck Peacock

Book:Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation

Source: Washington's Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation

“The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in the history of nations.”

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Book:The Papers of George Washington

Source: The Papers of George Washington

“There is much modern music that is better adapted to a wind combination than to a string, although for obvious reasons originally scored for an orchestra. If in such cases the interpretation is equal to the composition the balance of a wind combination is more satisfying.”

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“Oh, say can you see by the dawn's early light What so proudly we hailed as the twilight's last gleaming? Whose broad stripes and bright stars thru the perilous fight O'er the ramplarts we watched were so gallantly streaming? And the rocket's red glare, the bombs bursting in air, Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there. Oh, say does that star-spangled banner yet wave O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?”

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Author:Francis Scott Key