Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLet us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
GEORGE WASHINGTONAssociate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your own reputation; for ‘tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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 WASHINGTONEvery man thinks God is on his side.
GEORGE WASHINGTONA 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 WASHINGTONSpeak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
GEORGE WASHINGTONPromote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
GEORGE WASHINGTONFew men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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 WASHINGTONFew men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
GEORGE WASHINGTONTrue friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
GEORGE WASHINGTONEvery day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more, that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThere is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThe experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
GEORGE WASHINGTONDecision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
GEORGE WASHINGTON