George Washington Quotes And Sayings

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“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
– George Washington

“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
– George Washington

“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.”
– George Washington

“In the Presence of Others Sing not to yourself with a humming Noise, nor Drum with your Fingers or Feet.”
– George Washington

“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
– George Washington

“It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.”
– George Washington

“It is our true policy to street clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world.”
– George Washington

“It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go.”
– George Washington

“It is with pleasure I receive reproof, when reproof is due, because no person can be readier to accuse me, than I am to acknowledge an error, when I am guilty of one; nor more desirous of atoning for a crime, when I am sensible of having committed it.”
– George Washington

“It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.”
– George Washington

“It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.”
– George Washington

“Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.”
– George Washington

“Labour to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.”
– George Washington

“Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.”
– George Washington

“Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.”
– George Washington

“Let me now … warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party.”
– George Washington

“Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”
– George Washington

“Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.”
– George Washington

“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”
– George Washington

“Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.”
– George Washington

“Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.”
– George Washington

“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”
– George Washington

“Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do–then do it with all your strength.”
– George Washington

“Make the most of the Indian hemp seed, and sow it everywhere!”
– George Washington

“Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.”
– George Washington

“Men who are familiarized to danger, meet it without shrinking, whereas those who have never seen service often apprehend danger where no danger lies.”
– George Washington

“My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.”
– George Washington

“My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute all my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.”
– George Washington

“My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.”
– George Washington

“My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty… it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.”
– George Washington

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