Properties (77)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
Person
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| gptkbp:affiliation |
gptkb:Federalist_Party
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
gptkb:American_Revolution
Founding Fathers |
| gptkbp:awards |
gptkb:Order_of_the_Cincinnati
Congressional Gold Medal |
| gptkbp:born |
February 22, 1732
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| gptkbp:burialPlace |
gptkb:Mount_Vernon
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| gptkbp:children |
gptkb:Martha_Parke_Custis
gptkb:George_Washington_Parke_Custis |
| gptkbp:died |
December 14, 1799
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| gptkbp:education |
Home-schooled
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| gptkbp:famousFor |
Leading the American Revolutionary War
Presiding_over_the_Constitutional_Convention |
| gptkbp:famousQuote |
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.
I cannot tell a lie. It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Believe you can and you're halfway there. The only way to do great work is to love what you do. Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. You miss 100% of the shots you don't take. Do what you can, with what you have, where you are. What we think, we become. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph. You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough. A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue. The great object of my fear is the division of the republic into two great parties. You cannot escape the responsibility of tomorrow by evading it today. Real men despise battle, but will never run from it. Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does. Peace and friendship with all mankind is our wisest policy. The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible. The best revenge is massive success. The future depends on what you do today. We must consult our means rather than our wishes. Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going. I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. The best way to predict your future is to create it. The spirit of this country is totally adverse to a large military force. If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. Life is 10% what happens to us and 90% how we react to it. The future state of the world is in the hands of the people. The only way to achieve the impossible is to believe it is possible. In the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. The best and noblest gifts of humanity cannot be the monopoly of a particular race. A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master. The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government. The nation which indulges toward another nation an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Success_usually_comes_to_those_who_are_too_busy_to_be_looking_for_it. Success_is_not_final,_failure_is_not_fatal:_It_is_the_courage_to_continue_that_counts. The_preservation_of_the_sacred_fire_of_liberty_and_the_destiny_of_the_republican_model_of_government_are_justly_considered,_perhaps,_as_deeply,_and_finally,_staked_on_the_experiment_entrusted_to_the_hands_of_the_American_people. Success_is_not_how_high_you_have_climbed,_but_how_you_make_a_positive_difference_to_the_world. The_time_is_near_at_hand_which_must_determine_whether_Americans_are_to_be_free_men_or_slaves. |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
George Washington
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| gptkbp:influencedBy |
Enlightenment thinkers
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| gptkbp:militaryRank |
General
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| gptkbp:militaryService |
gptkb:Continental_Army
|
| gptkbp:nickname |
Father of His Country
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| gptkbp:notableFeature |
Farewell Address
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| gptkbp:occupation |
Politician
Military General |
| gptkbp:portrait |
gptkb:Gilbert_Stuart
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| gptkbp:predecessor |
gptkb:John_Adams
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| gptkbp:president |
April 30, 1789
March 4, 1797 |
| gptkbp:religion |
Anglicanism
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| gptkbp:residence |
gptkb:Mount_Vernon,_Virginia
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| gptkbp:servedIn |
1st President of the United States
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| gptkbp:signature |
gptkb:George_Washington's_signature
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| gptkbp:spouse |
gptkb:Martha_Washington
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| gptkbp:successor |
gptkb:John_Adams
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