GeorgeWashingtonQuotes

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man

that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment

of friends.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty

abused to licentiousness.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own

reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book

not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a

season passes away unimproved.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be

well tried before you give them your confidence.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers

formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

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.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they

are the peoples' liberty's teeth.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and

withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the

appellation.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire,

it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more

sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of

slavery.

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am

unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my

Country.

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 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.

Over grown military establishments are under any form of

government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as

particularly hostile to republican liberty.

Some day, following the example of the United States of America,

there will be a United States of Europe.

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to

make and to alter their constitutions of government.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

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 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.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and

women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their

governments.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether

Americans are to be free men or slaves.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

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

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the

Bible.

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.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man

of his natural

liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial

fire, called

conscience.

Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by

individuals.

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than

rigor. It is

therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct

distinguished by it.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair;

the rest is in

the hands of God.

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.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and

Comprehensive.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone,

and let your

hand give in proportion to your purse.

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

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

government.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished

from the earth.

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I

owe to my

mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral,

intellectual and physical

education I received from her.

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate

to the

discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons,

and scarcely done

at all if three or more are employed therein.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of

discipline; for

that discipline, more than numbers, gives one

army the superiority over

another.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate

peace and

harmony with all.

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.

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

preserving

peace.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and

withstand the

shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the

appellation.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to

light.

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy,

to accomplish

our will.

George Washington

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.

George Washington

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere

restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with

all that's good.

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