George Washington Quotes And Sayings

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“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.”
– George Washington

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those be well-tried before you give them your confidence.”
– 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

“Every man, conducting himself as a good citizen, and being accountable to God alone for his religious opinions, ought to be protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of his own conscience.”
– George Washington

“Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.”
– George Washington

“Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.”
– George Washington

“Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.”
– George Washington

“Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.”
– George Washington

“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
– George Washington

“Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples‘ liberty’s teeth.”
– George Washington

“Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth.”
– George Washington

“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

“Government is not reason, it is not eloquence – it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and fearful master.”
– George Washington

“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”
– George Washington

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”
– George Washington

“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”
– George Washington

“Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.”
– George Washington

“Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”
– George Washington

“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.”
– George Washington

“I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.”
– George Washington

“I can’t tell a lie, Pa; you know I can’t tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet.”
– George Washington

“I have diligently sought the public welfare; and have endeavoured to inculcate the same principles in all that are under me. These reflections will be a cordial to my mind as long as I am able to distinguish between Good & Evil.”
– George Washington

“I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.”
– George Washington

“I heard the bullets whistle; and believe me, there is something charming in the sound.”
– George Washington

“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is the best policy.”
– George Washington

“I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain (what I consider the most enviable of all titles) the character of an “Honest Man”.”
– George Washington

“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

“I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.”
– George Washington

“I shall not be deprived … of a comfort in the worst event, if I retain a consciousness of having acted to the best of my judgment.”
– George Washington

“I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.”
– George Washington

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