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It's simple: You get a part. You play a part. You play it well. You do your work and you go home. And what is wonderful about movies is that once they're done, they belong to the people. Once you make it, it's what they see. That's where my head is at. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#belong #done #get #go #go home

When people protest and are upset with a movie, it becomes a big hit. They hated Passion of The Christ, it worked out pretty well for the box office. So let's get that going. ↗

— Denzel Washington

#big #big hit #box #box office #christ

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. ↗

— George Washington

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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ↗

— George Washington

#avoid #desire #instruments #insult #known

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it. ↗

— George Washington

#cursing #despises #detests #every #foolish

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure. ↗

— George Washington

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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. ↗

— George Washington

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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. ↗

— George Washington

#discipline #esteem #formidable #makes #numbers

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. ↗

— George Washington

#citizen #defense #down #enjoys #even

Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government. ↗

— Harold Washington

#american #american history #democracy #federal #federal government