Quotes of: George-washington Keyword

Don't try to run your life through a single straw. Someone, some event, will cut it off.

Michael Mullen

But we must not try to drive the Indians too fast in effecting these changes.

George Crook

This whole force is utterly demoralized by victory. There seems to be neither head nor tail.

Charles Ferguson Smith

Japan has always regarded the aircraft carrier as one of the most offensive of armaments.

Isoroku Yamamoto

I can do nothing with the enemy save observe him.

John Buford

I will not ever run for political office. I can assure you.

David Petraeus

It's our destiny to explore. It's our destiny to be a space-faring nation.

Eugene Cernan

If you begin to think you're something you're not, you're looking in the wrong mirror.

Eugene Cernan

After all, we didn't bring democracy to Germany in 1945; Hitler destroyed democracy there first.

Brent Scowcroft

Simply killing everyone who is already a terrorist today won't solve the problem.

Brent Scowcroft

I've never supported a wage tax and I've never supported a payroll tax.

David Dewhurst

There is a serious, immediate and extraordinarily grave threat to the continued existence of this country.

James Forrestal

This country cannot afford the deceptive luxury of waging defensive warfare.

James Forrestal

We are a fact-gathering organization only. We don't clear anybody. We don't condemn anybody.

J. Edgar Hoover

I'm afraid that the United States is more isolated today than at any other time in my memory.

Brent Scowcroft

We probably spend more time talking about individual players in our coaching sessions than anything else.

Hayden Fry

So the first thing that went on was to decide... trying to find a time when we could get reprisal raids out.

James Stockdale

Sybil's my wife, and on the first day of October, that's the first time I knew Ross was going to run.

James Stockdale

One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.

Arthur Ashe

There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.

Woody Hayes

Pop knew absolutely nothing about pro football.

Wellington Mara