Best George Washington Wisdom
- O most glorious God ... Direct my thoughts, words and work, wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb, and purge my… Assurance
- Your love of liberty -- your respect for the laws -- your habits of industry -- and your practice of the moral and religious obligations,… Claims
- As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of… Account
- I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw… Aside
- I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy protection ... that… All
- May the same wonderworking Deity, who long since delivered the Hebrews from their Egyptian oppressors and planted them in the promised land, whose Providential agency… Agency
- The General most earnestly requires, and expects, a due observance of those articles of war, established for the government of the army which forbid profane… Actual
- Let me now ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. ... The common and continual… Administration
- Purity of morals [is] the only sure foundation of public happiness in any country. Any
- While we are zealously performing the duties of good citizens and soldiers, we certainly ought not to be inattentive to the higher duties of religion.… Add
- If I could have entertained the slightest apprehension that the Constitution framed in the Convention where I had the honor to preside might possibly endanger… Any
- As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. Cherish
- There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. Absolutely
- To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression. Aggression
- It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves… Administration
- Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be… Amended
- Take care of the waste on the farm and turn it into useful channels’ should be the slogan of every farmer. Care
- The finite mind of man can never grasp the mysteries of the infinite. It is the highest wisdom, as it is our great happiness, to… Accept
- Your proposal raises the greatest mischief that can befall my country. You could not have found a person to whom your schemes are more disagreeable.… Any
- Since the death of my father four years ago, our lives have become difficult, and I must help my family. Ago
- My death has not yet quite arrived, but it is near and inevitable as night follows day. Arrived
- Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the… Affliction
- My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. All
- I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of… Alloy
- Every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will… Admonishes
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