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George Washington — Portrait after a picture by Gilbert Stuart (public domain), via Wikimedia Commons.

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George Washington

Founding Father and first U.S. president

1732–1799

41 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Politics and America. Part of the U.S. Presidents and Founding Fathers collections.

Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.
George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights.
Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island (1790)
- Liberty
- Religion
For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.
Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island (18 August 1790)

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