Our Friends George Washington Quotes
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~ George Washington Quote
My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissensions with those, who are embarked in the same great national interest with myself, as every difference of this kind in its conseq
~ George Washington Quote
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
~ George Washington Quote
I beg leave to assure the Congress that no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness. I do not wish to make any profit from it.
~ George Washington Quote
When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.
~ George Washington Quote
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action
~ George Washington Quote
Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war; for sure I am, if this country is preserved in tranquillity twenty years longer, it may bid defiance, in a just cause, to any power
~ George Washington Quote
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
~ George Washington Quote
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
~ George Washington Quote
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
~ George Washington Quote
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
~ George Washington Quote
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
~ George Washington Quote
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
~ George Washington Quote
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
~ George Washington Quote
True friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
~ George Washington Quote