Every action in company ought to be with some sign of respect to those present. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive. — George Washington Copy Share Image
When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body, not usually discovered. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Paper money has had the effect in your State that it ever will have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation. It is better be alone than in bad company. — George Washington Copy Share Image
A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything. — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The States separately have very inadequate ideas of the present danger. Party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
For the sake of humanity it is devoutly to be wished that the manly employment of agriculture and the humanizing benefits of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Of Congress, "party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day whilst the momentous concerns of an empire...are but… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The business being thus closed . . . dined together and took a cordial leave of each other After which I returned… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Liberty is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share Image
