“The president is scared of your power, and he wants you to believe your vote does not matter.”
“He wants you to lose confidence in our electoral system so you stay home this November.”
“AI is not going anywhere. It has both promise and peril. I just want us to be thinking critically about this from all angles.”
“I’d be worried about a massive economic slowdown. You know, the impact of Wall Street on Main Street, and I’d be worried about job losses.”
“Here is what you need to know: The 2020 election was not stolen; we won and he lost.”

Political Quotes

George Washington

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George Washington was an American political leader, military general, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797. He is often referred to as the 'Father of His Country.' Washington played a crucial role in the American Revolutionary War and was instrumental in the drafting of the U.S. Constitution. His leadership set many precedents for the federal government and the presidency, including the tradition of a two-term limit for presidents.

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Dec 15, 1793

Both justice and policy require that the source of that information should remain secret.

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Dec 6, 1793

I shall not affect to conceal the cordial satisfaction which I derive from the address of the House of Representatives.

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Dec 6, 1793

It is truly gratifying to me to learn that the proclamation has been considered as a seasonable guard against the interruption of the public peace.

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Dec 6, 1793

For the fulfillment of your anticipations of the future I can give no other assurance than that the motives which you approve shall continue unchanged.

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Feb 27, 1793

I think it my duty, therefore, to declare that I deem the nomination to have been null by the Constitution.

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Feb 18, 1793

It has been agreed on the part of the United States that a treaty or conference shall be held at the ensuing season with the hostile Indians northwest of the Ohio.

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Jan 24, 1793

I lay before you an official statement of the expenditure to the year 1792 from the sum of $10,000.

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Dec 11, 1792

I have received authentic information that certain lawless and wicked persons of the western frontier in the State of Georgia did lately invade, burn, and destroy a town belonging to the Cherokee Nation.

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Dec 11, 1792

I have therefore thought fit to issue this my proclamation, hereby exhorting all the citizens of the United States and requiring all the officers thereof, according to their respective stations, to use their utmost endeavors to apprehend…

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Dec 11, 1792

I do moreover offer a reward of $500 for each and every of the above-named persons who shall be so apprehended and brought to justice.

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