George Washington Quotes
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I will move gently down the stream of life until I sleep with my fathers.
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I die hard but am not afraid to go.
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Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.
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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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Merit rarely goes unrewarded.
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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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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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The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.
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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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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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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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It is in vain, I perceive, to look for ease and happiness in a world of troubles.
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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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There is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.
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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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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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I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.
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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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Though, when a people shall have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes.
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You have only one way to convince others, listen to them.