I’ll die on my feet before I’ll live on my knees!
GEORGE WASHINGTONArbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
More George Washington Quotes
-
-
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Religion is a byproduct of fear.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Every 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 WASHINGTON -
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
GEORGE WASHINGTON -
To the distinguished character of patriot, it should be our highest glory to add the more distinguished character of Christian.
GEORGE WASHINGTON






