Country Quotes by George Washington

Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.

— George Washington

It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.

— George Washington

Purity of morals [is] the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country.

— George Washington

Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?

— George Washington

To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness that no rational creature can be insensible of.

— George Washington

I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.

— George Washington

The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.

— George Washington

I am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate.

— George Washington

Even the country's first president chafed at the limits placed on him by the writers of the U.S. Constitution. From the nature…

— George Washington

“There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the…

— George Washington

[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our…

— George Washington

I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes…

— George Washington

If ever again our nation stumbles upon unfunded paper, it shall surely be like death to our body politic. This country will…

— George Washington

Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their…

— George Washington

My ardent desire is... to keep the United States free from political connexions with every other Country. To see that they may…

— George Washington

The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending…

— George Washington

It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration,…

— George Washington

Passionate attachment to another nation produces a variety of evils... the illusion of common interests where no real common interests exist; adopting…

— George Washington

The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country…

— George Washington

Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of American,…

— George Washington

There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep…

— George Washington

No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and…

— George Washington

The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to…

— George Washington

There never was a law yet made, I conceive, that hit the taste exactly of every man, or every part of the…

— George Washington

Much indeed to be regretted, party disputes are now carried to such a length, and truth is so enveloped in mist and…

— George Washington

It has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should…

— George Washington

To each of my Nephews, William Augustine Washington, George Lewis, George Steptoe Washington, Bushrod Washington, and Samuel Washington, I give one of…

— George Washington

In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of…

— George Washington

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection…

— George Washington

To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.

— George Washington

Refrain from drink which is the source of all evil-and the ruin of half the workmen in this Country.

— George Washington

It is the peculiar boast of our country, that her happiness is alone dependent on the collective wisdom and virtue of her…

— George Washington

I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our…

— George Washington

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of…

— George Washington

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered to any country than by improving its…

— George Washington

My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation…

— George Washington

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the…

— George Washington

The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim…

— George Washington

In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate…

— George Washington

The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in…

— George Washington