George Washington quotes

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

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.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

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.

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

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

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

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.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

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.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

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.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

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.

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.

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

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

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

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

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.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.