Quotes by : George Washington

Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent....

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

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy

Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit....

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

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

I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable....

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.