I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. — George Washington Copy Share Image
No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In politics as in religion, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[The adoption of the Constitution] will demonstrate as visibly the finger of Providence as any possible event in the course of human… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To me, it appears no unjust simile to compare the affairs of this great Continent to the mechanism of a clock, each… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Painful as the task is to describe the dark side of our affairs, it sometimes becomes a matter of indispensable necessity. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they… — George Washington Copy Share
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself… — George Washington Copy Share
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the… — George Washington Copy Share
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be… — George Washington Copy Share
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God… — George Washington Copy Share
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at… — George Washington Copy Share
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected… — George Washington Copy Share
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share
It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. Do not ever let anyone claim to be a true American… — George Washington Copy Share
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in… — George Washington Copy Share
Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is, therefore, my first wish, to have my whole conduct distinguished by… — George Washington Copy Share
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