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System in all things should be aimed at for in execution it renders every thing more easy.
George Washington
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George Washington
Age: 67 †
Born: 1732
Born: February 22
Died: 1799
Died: December 14
1St U.S. President
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G. Washington
Father of the United States
The American Fabius
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Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
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[L]eave nothing to the uncertainty of procuring a warlike apparatus at the moment of public danger.
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It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.
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The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained...
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