My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. — George Washington Copy Share Image
We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals. — George Washington Copy Share Image
A natural parent has only two things principally to consider, the improvement of his son, and the finances to do it with. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let your conversation be without malice or envy, for it is a sign of a tractable and commendable nature; and in all… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The thing that separates the American Christian from every other person on earth is the fact that he would rather die on… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Do not suffer your good nature [...] to say yes when you ought to say no; remember that it is a public… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days… — George Washington Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
“The Church says that the earth is flat, but I know that it is round, for I have seen the shadow on… — George Washington Copy Share Image
An army formed of good officers moves like clockwork; but there is no situation upon earth less enviable, nor more distressing, than… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ;… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I am led to reflect how much more delightful to an undebauched mind is the task of making improvements on the earth,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My policy has been, and will continue to be, while I have the honor to remain in the administration of the government,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle...… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Men's minds are as variant as their faces. Where the motives of their actions are pure, the operation of the former is… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It will at least be a recommendation to the proposed constitution that it is provided with more checks and barriers against the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Of Congress, "party disputes and personal quarrels are the great business of the day whilst the momentous concerns of an empire...are but… — George Washington Copy Share Image
No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
This spirit [of Party], unfortunately, is inseperable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human Mind. It… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth; that freedom of enquiry… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Religion is as necessary to reason as reason is to religion. The one cannot exist without the other. A reasoning being would… — 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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