May Quotes by George Washington

May Heaven to this Union continue its beneficence

— George Washington

Facts may speak for themselves.

— George Washington

May 12-13: Sowed Hemp at Muddy hole by Swamp. August 7: Began to separate the Male from the Female at Do -…

— George Washington

Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.

— George Washington

Reason, too late perhaps, may convince you of the folly of misspending time.

— George Washington

In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a…

— George Washington

Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar, agreeable, healthy, and profitable.

— George Washington

I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern…

— George Washington

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

— George Washington

If they are good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa or Europe; they may be Mahometans, Jews or Christians of any…

— George Washington

Submit your sentiments with diffidence. A dictatorial style, though it may carry conviction, is always accompanied with disgust.

— George Washington

I use no Porter ... in my family, but such as is made in America: both these articles may now be purchased…

— George Washington

As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part,…

— George Washington

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may…

— George Washington

May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us in all our several vocations…

— George Washington

When once the woman has tempted us, and we have tasted the forbidden fruit, there is no such thing as checking our…

— George Washington

All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in…

— George Washington

However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become…

— George Washington

“...if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences,…

— George Washington

May the same wonderworking Deity, who long since delivered the Hebrews from their Egyptian oppressors and planted them in the promised land,…

— George Washington

The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be…

— George Washington

With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your later days…

— George Washington

No compact among men . . . can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no…

— George Washington

My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep…

— George Washington

Love is said to be an involuntary passion, and it is, therefore, contended that it cannot be resisted. This is true in…

— 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

Differences in political opinions are as unavoidable as, to a certain point, they may perhaps be necessary; but it is exceedingly to…

— George Washington

'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence…

— George Washington

Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet…

— George Washington

I wish to see the sons and daughters of the world in Peace and busily employed in the more agreeable amusement of…

— George Washington

Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own…

— George Washington

Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts…

— George Washington

For myself the delay [in assuming the office of the President] may be compared with a reprieve; for in confidence I assure…

— 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

If they are good workmen, they may be of Asia, Africa, or Europe. They may be Mohometans, Jews or Christians of any…

— George Washington

But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the…

— George Washington

A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.

— George Washington

The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution…

— George Washington

[M]y wish is, that the Convention may adopt no temporizing expedient, but probe the defects of the Constitution [i.e., the Articles of…

— 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