Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.… — 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
My ardent desire is... to keep the United States free from political connexions with every other Country. To see that they may… — George Washington Copy Share Image
[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 Copy Share Image
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been . . . to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic;… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The duty of holding a Neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be… — 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
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse;… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Submit your sentiments with diffidence. A dictatorial style, though it may carry conviction, is always accompanied with disgust. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I shall take my present leave - but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in… — George Washington Copy Share Image
May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
As the first of every thing, in our situation will serve to establish a Precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection… — 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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