I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers. — George Washington Copy Share Image
..the establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive that induced me to the field of battle. — George Washington Copy Share Image
[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one. — George Washington Copy Share Image
My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ? — George Washington Copy Share Image
Unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an Ocean… — 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… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We should amuse our evening hours of life in cultivating the tender plants, and bringing them to perfection, before they are transplanted… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I commend you, however, for passing the time in as merry a manner as you possibly could; it is assuredly better to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
At this auspicious period, the United States came into existence as a Nation; and if their Citizens should not be completely free… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The Arts and Sciences, essential to the prosperity of the State and to the ornament of human life, have a primary claim… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Life is always uncertain, and common prudence dictates to every man the necessity of settling his temporal concerns, while it is in… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is… — 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
At my age, and in my circumstances, what sinister object, or personal emolument had I to seek after, in this life? The… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“For myself the delay may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure you, with the world it would obtain… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The truth of the matter is one knows what it's like being the president. Not I, nor any president to come hence.… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I am not only retired from all public employments, but I am retiring within myself, and shall be able to view the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A people contending for life and liberty are seldom disposed to look with a favorable eye upon either men or measures whose… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Not only do I pray for it, on the score of human dignity, but I can clearly forsee that nothing but the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I consider it an indispensible duty to close this last solemn act of my official life by commending the interests of our… — George Washington Copy Share Image
You do well to wish to learn our arts and ways of life, and above all, the religion of Jesus Christ. These… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable. It may, for a while, be irksome to do… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My manner of living is plain. I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To place any dependence upon militia is assuredly resting upon a broken staff. Men just dragged from the tender scenes of domestic… — George Washington Copy Share Image
For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure… — 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
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