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War Quotes by George Washington
- Every post is honourable in which a man can serve his country.
- To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.
- I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present…
- The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they…
- Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
- Our conflict is not likely to cease so soon as every good man would wish. The measure of iniquity is not yet filled; and unless…
- Sympathy for the favorite nation, facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one…
- If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when…
- There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
- Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.
- Military arrangement, and movements in consequence, like the mechanism of a clock, will be imperfectand disordered by the want of a part.
- [L]eave nothing to the uncertainty of procuring a warlike apparatus at the moment of public danger.
- We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency. We expected to…
- 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…
- ..avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts,…
- One of his officers, Henry Lee, summed up contemporary public opinion of Washington: First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of…
- Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for…
- If we desire to secure peace...it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.
- In time of peace, prepare for war.
- Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
- Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
- To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
- If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments…
- Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
- Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
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