George Washington Quotes And Sayings

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“The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey established government.”
– George Washington

“There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.”
– George Washington

“There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature.”
– George Washington

“There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet an enemy.”
– George Washington

“There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.”
– George Washington

“There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”
– George Washington

“Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment.”
– George Washington

“To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”
– George Washington

“To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones.”
– George Washington

“To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.”
– George Washington

“True 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

“True friendship is a plant of slow growth.”
– George Washington

“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.”
– George Washington

“War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.”
– George Washington

“We must consult Brother Jonathan.”
– George Washington

“We pour legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it.”
– George Washington

“We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth New Exertions and proportion our Efforts to the exigency of the times.”
– George Washington

“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.”
– George Washington

“When we assumed the solider, we did not lay aside the citizen.”
– George Washington

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

“While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the rights of conscience in others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, and to him only in this case they are answerable.”
– George Washington

“With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take my leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.”
– George Washington

“Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive. And with it, everything honorable and glorious.”
– George Washington

“Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.”
– George Washington

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