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Famous quotes containing the words george washington, washington and/or retirement:

    When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
    George Washington (1732–1799)

    You can’t hold a man down without staying down with him.
    —Booker T. Washington (1856–1915)

    He who comes into Assemblies only to gratifie his Curiosity, and not to make a Figure, enjoys the Pleasures of Retirement in a[n] ...exquisite Degree.
    Richard Steele (1672–1729)