Horace Greeley - West Quotes

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Washington is not a place to live in. The rents are high, the food is bad, the dust is disgusting, and the morals are deplorable. Go West, young man, go West, and grow up with the country.

Horace Greeley

If any young man is about to commence the world, we say to him, publicly and privately, Go to the West.

Horace Greeley

The best business you can go into you will find on your father's farm or in his workshop. If you have no family or friends to aid you, and no prospect opened to you there, turn your face to the great West, and there build up a home and fortune.

Horace Greeley