The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Harmony, liberal intercourse with all nations, are recommended by policy, humanity, and interest. — George Washington Copy Share Image
There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake. — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is our policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is… — 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 nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a… — George Washington Copy Share Image
But if we are to be told by a foreign Power . . . what we shall do, and what we shall… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Harmony, liberal intercourse with all Nations, are recommended by policy, humanity and interest. But even our Commercial policy should hold an equal… — 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
Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I regret exceedingly that the disputes between the protestants and Roman Catholics should be carried to the serious alarming height mentioned in… — 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
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
The wishes of the people, seldom founded in deep disquisitions, or resulting from other reasonings than their present feelings, may not entirely… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A tribute . . . is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism, which adorn the characters selected to devise… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Jealousy, and local policy mix too much in all our public councils for the good government of the Union. In a words,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence, (I conjure you to believe me fellow citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The aggregate happiness of society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have as little… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought… — 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
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share
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
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
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
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share
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
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
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
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
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
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share
It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible. Do not ever let anyone claim to be a true American… — George Washington Copy Share
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in… — George Washington Copy Share
Lenity will operate with greater force, in some instances, than rigor. It is, therefore, my first wish, to have my whole conduct distinguished by… — George Washington Copy Share
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