The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI had hoped that liberal and enlightened thought would have reconciled the Christians so that their religious fights would not endanger the peace of Society.
More George Washington Quotes
-
-
Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth,
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.
GEORGE WASHINGTON