 GENTLEMEN : In every act of my administration I have sought the happiness of my fellow-citizens. My system for the attainment of this object has uniformly been to overlook all personal, local, and partial considerations ; to contemplate the United States...  George Washington - Seite 118von Henry Cabot Lodge - 1889Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Washington Irving - 1873 - 550 Seiten
...administration," said he, " I have sought the happiness of my fellow-citizeiis. My system for (lie attainment of this object has uniformly been to overlook...local, and partial considerations; to contemplate tho United Slates as one great whole ; to confide that sudden impressions, when erroneous, would yield... | |
 | George Lowell Austin - 1875 - 746 Seiten
...trying circumstances as could ever occur to any man. " In every act of my administration," he wrote, " I have sought the happiness of my fellow-citizens. My system, for the attainment of this object, has been, to overlook all personal, local, and partial considerations ; to contemplate the United States... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1881 - 844 Seiten
...principles which influenced him in regard to the treaty : In every act of my administration," said he, "'I have sought the happiness of my fellow-citizens....great whole; to confide, that sudden impressions, when erroneous, would yield to candid reflection ; and to consult only the substantial and permanent... | |
 | George Washington - 1892 - 538 Seiten
...WILLIAM LITTLE, WILLIAM SCOLLAY, AND JESSE PUTNAM, SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON. UNITED STATES, 28 July, 1795. GENTLEMEN, In every act of my administration, I have sought the happiness of my fellow citizens. My system for the attainment of this object has uniformly been to overlook all personal,... | |
 | George Washington - 1892 - 584 Seiten
...WILLIAM LITTLE, WILLIAM SCOLLAY, AND JESSE PUTNAM, SELECTMEN OF THE TOWN OF BOSTON. UNITED STATES, 28 July, 1795. GENTLEMEN, In every act of my administration, I have sought the happiness of my fellow citizens. My system for the attainment of this object has uniformly been to overlook all personal,... | |
 | George Washington - 1894 - 510 Seiten
...GUIDE. The Constitution is the guide which I never can abandon. 1795. COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL VIEWS. In every act of my administration, I have sought the...great whole; to confide, that sudden impressions, when erroneous, would yield to candid reflection; and to consult only the substantial and permanent... | |
 | George Washington - 1894 - 476 Seiten
...GUIDE. The Constitution is the guide which I never can abandon. 1795. COMPREHENSIVE NATIONAL VIEWS. In every act of my administration, I have sought the...great whole ; to confide, that sudden impressions, when erroneous, would yield to candid reflection ; and to consult only the substantial and permanent... | |
 | John Frederick Schroeder - 1903 - 574 Seiten
...be omitted. It is as follows: “To the Selectmen of the Town of Boston. “UNITED STATES, July 28, 1795. “GENTLEMEN.— In every act of my administration...contemplate the United States as one great whole; to consider that sudden impressions, when erroneous, would yield to candid reflection, and to consult... | |
 | George Washington - 1908 - 694 Seiten
...aforesaid Instrument, if Ratified, will be highly Injurious to the happiness of my fellow citizens. My system for the attainment of this object has uniformly...great whole; to confide, that sudden impressions, the commercial interests of the United States, derogatory to their National Honour, and Independence,... | |
 | George Washington - 1908 - 184 Seiten
...were contradicted by actions. FIFTH Integrity and firmness ¿re all I can promise. 7ebruar! SIX TN In every act of my administration I have sought the happiness of my fellow-citizens. SEVENTH Whilst I am in office I never suffer private convenience to interfere with what I conceive... | |
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