If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To place any dependence upon Militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff ... If I was called upon to declare upon… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My own remedy is always to eat, just before I step into bed, a hot roasted onion, if I have a cold. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Require nothing unreasonable of your officers and men, but see that whatever is required be punctually complied with. Reward and punish every… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let no one go hungry away. If any of the kind of people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In a word, if this country can steer clear of European politics, stand firm on its bottom, and be wise and temperate… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The situation of the general government, if it can be called a government, is shaken to its foundation, and liable to be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Offensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only means of defence. — George Washington Copy Share Image
If the minority, and a small one too, is suffered to dictate to the majority, after measures have undergone the most solemn… — George Washington Copy Share Image
But if in the pursuit of the means we should unfortunately stumble again on unfunded paper money or any similar species of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Ours is a kind of struggle designed, I dare say, by Providence to try the patience, fortitude, and virtue of men. None,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your later days… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them. — George Washington Copy Share Image
If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention where I had the honor to preside… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If we cannot learn wisdom from experience, it is hard to say where it is to be found. — George Washington Copy Share Image
If there was the same propensity in mankind for investigating the motives, as there is for censuring the conduct, of public characters,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There never was a law yet made, I conceive, that hit the taste exactly of every man, or every part of the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If ever again our nation stumbles upon unfunded paper, it shall surely be like death to our body politic. This country will… — 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
