George Washington

Quotes

There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.
Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!
It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.
We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-brought experience.
There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.
It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant, and a fearful master.
It is better to be alone than in bad company.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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.
I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.
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.
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty. Iit is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
War - an act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily.
The United States is in no sense founded upon the Christian doctrine.
It is our true policy to steer clear of any permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.
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.
The Nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.
To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.