George Washington Quotes
Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother. I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from her.
Be courteous to all but intimate with few and let those few be well-tried before you give them your confidence.
90% of all failures in life are those who have the habit of making excuses.
Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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.
Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
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.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy