George Washington Quotes
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I die hard but am not afraid to go.
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The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.
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Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.
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Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last.
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While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, and to Him only in this case are they answerable.
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I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this; because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults, or remove prejudices which are imbibed against him.
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I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
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Honesty will be found on every experiment, to be the best and only true policy; let us then as a Nation be just.
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I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.
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Merit rarely goes unrewarded.
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Integrity and firmness is all I can promise; these, be the voyage long or short, never shall forsake me though I be deserted by all men. For of the consolations which are to be derived from these (under any circumstances) the world cannot deprive me.
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The United States enjoy a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for.
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Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
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Being no bigot myself, I am disposed to indulge the professors of Christianity in the church that road to heaven which to them shall seem the most direct, plainest, easiest and least liable to exception.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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A people unused to restraint must be led, they will not be drove.
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The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the language, habits, and principles (good or bad) which they bring with them. Whereas by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, and laws: in a word, soon become one people.
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My ardent desire is, and my aim has been, to comply strictly with all our engagements, foreign and domestic, but to keep the United States free from political connections with every other country; to see that they may be independent of all and under the influence of none.
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Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad.
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At a distance from the theatre of action, truth is not always related without embellishment, and sometimes is entirely perverted, from a misconception of the causes which produce the effects that are the subjects of censure.
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The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.
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I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.
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You have only one way to convince others, listen to them.
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It is in vain, I perceive, to look for ease and happiness in a world of troubles.