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George Washington Quotes about Knowledge

There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily

There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily

George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.233

There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

George Washington, Jared Sparks (1838). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private”, p.9