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Merit rarely goes unrewarded.
George Washington
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George Washington
Age: 67 †
Born: 1732
Born: February 22
Died: 1799
Died: December 14
1St U.S. President
Cartographer
Engineer
Farmer
Land Surveyor
Military Officer
Politician
Slaveholder
Statesperson
Westmoreland County
Virginia
Washington
President Washington
G. Washington
Father of the United States
The American Fabius
Unrewarded
Merit
Rarely
Goes
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.
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In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence.
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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
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