Peace Quotes by George Washington

The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.

— George Washington

Peace with all the world is my sincerest wish.

— George Washington

Like as a wise man in time of peace prepares for war.

— George Washington

A bad war is fought with a good mind.

— George Washington

Discipline is the soul of an army.

— George Washington

Peace with all the world, is my sincere wish.

— George Washington

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

— George Washington

The United States enjoy a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for.

— George Washington

The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.

— George Washington

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

— George Washington

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

— George Washington

Sleep not when others speak, sit not when others stand, speak not when you should hold your peace, walk not when others…

— George Washington

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth

— George Washington

Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest.

— George Washington

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

— George Washington

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world…

— George Washington

Should the States reject this excellent Constitution, the probability is, an opportunity will never again offer to cancel another in peacethe next…

— George Washington

An army formed of good officers moves like clockwork; but there is no situation upon earth less enviable, nor more distressing, than…

— George Washington

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the…

— George Washington

Soap is another article in great demand--the Continental allowance is too small, and dear, as every necessary of life is now got,…

— George Washington

[Let] the poor the needy and oppressed of the Earth, and those who want Land, resort to the fertile lands of our…

— George Washington

Liberty is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine…

— George Washington

One of his officers, Henry Lee, summed up contemporary public opinion of Washington: First in war, first in peace, and first in…

— George Washington

The General most earnestly requires, and expects, a due observance of those articles of war, established for the government of the army…

— George Washington

Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal…

— George Washington

If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from…

— George Washington

Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to…

— George Washington

By an ambitious chieftain, aiming only to aggrandize himself and establish his power, the subject might have been regarded in a different…

— George Washington

For the sake of humanity it is devoutly to be wished that the manly employment of agriculture and the humanizing benefits of…

— George Washington

To expect ... the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits, as from veteran soldiers, is to expect what never did and…

— George Washington

..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to…

— George Washington

I shall take my present leave - but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in…

— George Washington

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

— George Washington

Unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an Ocean…

— George Washington

It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

— George Washington

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

— George Washington

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

— George Washington

If we desire to secure peace...it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.

— George Washington

Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is…

— George Washington

“We sainted St. Tammany (King Tamanend III) because he embodied moral perfection and every divine qualification that a deity could possess. I…

— George Washington