Political Quotes by George Washington

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. It is impossible to rightly…

— George Washington

I am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days…

— George Washington

The liberality of sentiment toward each other, which marks every political and religious denomination of men in this country, stands unparalleled in…

— George Washington

I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but…

— George Washington

No morn ever dawned more favorable than ours did; and no day was every more clouded than the present! Wisdom, and good…

— George Washington

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them…

— George Washington

The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape…

— George Washington

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

— George Washington

The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form…

— George Washington

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in extending our commercial relations to have as little…

— 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

It is . . . [the citizens] choice, and depends upon their conduct, whether they will be respectable and prosperous, or contemptable…

— 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

It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his…

— George Washington

Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first…

— George Washington

Next Monday the Convention in Virginia will assemble; we have still good hopes of its adoption here: though by no great plurality…

— 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

We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting…

— George Washington

In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of…

— George Washington

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

— 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 has always been a source of serious reflection and sincere regret with me that the youth of the United States should…

— George Washington

Much indeed to be regretted, party disputes are now carried to such a length, and truth is so enveloped in mist and…

— George Washington

I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid…

— George Washington

My ardent desire is... to keep the United States free from political connexions with every other Country. To see that they may…

— George Washington

We ought to deprecate the hazard attending ardent and susceptible minds, from being too strongly, and too early prepossessed in favor of…

— George Washington

The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different depositories, and constituting each…

— George Washington

In politics as in religion, my tenets are few and simple. The leading one of which, and indeed that which embraces most…

— George Washington

Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man…

— George Washington

The prospect, that a good general government will in all human probability be soon established in America, affords me more substantial satisfaction;…

— George Washington