Quotes by : George Washington

'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world - as....

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations,....

While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to....

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

...do not spare any reasonable expense to come at early and true information; always recollecting, and....

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

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

Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under....

It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people,....

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