Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
GEORGE WASHINGTONI hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
More George Washington Quotes
-
-
The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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 -
Every man thinks God is on his side.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
GEORGE WASHINGTON






