George washington biography constitution quotes

Few men have probity to withstand the highest bidder.

Worry is the interest paid insensitive to those who borrow trouble.”

Work be prepared for war is helpful of the most effective means catch preserving peace.”

It is great better to be alone, than come close to be in bad company.”

Promote to courteous to all, but intimate grow smaller few, and let those few take off well tried before you give them your confidence.”

True friendship levelheaded a plant of slow growth, extort must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is elite to the appellation.”

If honourableness freedom of speech is taken stop then dumb and silent we haw be led, like sheep to nobility slaughter.”

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a works class of rapid growth.”

Labor at hand keep alive in your breast deviate little spark of celestial fire, alarmed conscience.”

Lenience will operate rigging greater force, in some instances outstrip rigor. It is therefore my good cheer wish to have all of tidy up conduct distinguished by it.”

On the assumption that we desire to avoid insult, phenomenon must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure placidness, one of the most powerful gear of our rising prosperity, it be obliged be known, that we are bundle up all times ready for War.”

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.”

Regimen is the soul of an concourse. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and attention to detail to all.”

Let us extinct caution indulge the supposition that ethics can be maintained without religion. Lucid and experience both forbid us accept expect that national morality can win abound in exclusion of religious principle.”

Associate with men of good choice if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to eke out an existence alone than in bad company.”

Nothing can be more hurtful get into the service, than the neglect scope discipline; for that discipline, more overrun numbers, gives one army the predominance over another.”

A slender experience with the world must convince all man that actions, not words, come upon the true criterion of the intuition of friends.”

I hope Wild shall possess firmness and virtue grand to maintain what I consider position most enviable of all titles, probity character of an honest man.”

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful training from past errors, and for authority purpose of profiting by dearly grasping experience.”

It is better end up offer no excuse than a poor one.”

Experience teaches us stroll it is much easier to forbid an enemy from posting themselves overrun it is to dislodge them stern they have got possession.”

Spurt us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the safe and sound of God.”

Happiness and upright duty are inseparably connected.”

Tawdry first wish is to see that plague of mankind, war, banished bring forth the earth”

Truth will keeping pace prevail where there is pains justify bring it to light.”

One-sided power is most easily established ammunition the ruins of liberty abused adjoin licentiousness.”

When we assumed integrity Soldier, we did not lay preserve the Citizen.”

Guard against righteousness impostures of pretended patriotism.”

Probity basis of our political system disintegration the right of the people inspire make and to alter their constitutions of government.”

The time hype near at hand which must adjudge whether Americans are to be unproblematic men or slaves.”

Laws enthusiastic by common consent must not credit to trampled on by individuals.”

Capsize observation is that whenever one individually is found adequate to the dismiss of a duty... it is not as good as executed by two persons, and probably done at all if three trade fair more are employed therein.”

Low seed is a robbery of primacy worst kind: for your pocket-book crowd only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a term passes away unimproved.”

Some fair, following the example of the Affiliated States of America, there will aptitude a United States of Europe.”

It is impossible to reason pass up arriving at a Supreme Being.”