It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIt is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIf we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThings in life will not always run smoothly. Sometimes we will be rising toward the heights—then all will seem to reverse itself and start downward.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
GEORGE WASHINGTONSpeak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
GEORGE WASHINGTONMake sure you are doing what God wants you to do – then do it with all your strength.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
GEORGE WASHINGTONDiscipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
GEORGE WASHINGTONWe have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONGentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.
GEORGE WASHINGTONExperience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
GEORGE WASHINGTONSystem to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
GEORGE WASHINGTONEvery man thinks God is on his side.
GEORGE WASHINGTONPaper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
GEORGE WASHINGTONA slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
GEORGE WASHINGTON