George Washington Quotes

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington

Friendship, Confidence, Give

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
George Washington

Liberty, Second, Importance

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
George Washington

God, Impossible, Nation

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

Mom, Life, Success

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

Freedom, May, Away

The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.
George Washington

Good, Evil, Place

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

Government, Fire, Reason

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

Alone, Good, Men

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
George Washington

Happiness, Moral, Duty

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

Religion, Experience, Reason

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.
George Washington

Time, Men, Free

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
George Washington

Memorial Day, Patriotism, Against

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.
George Washington

Government, Women, Men

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

Friendship, True, Before

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

Peace, War, Powerful

George Washington Quote

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

Fire, Keep, Conscience

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, Enemy, After

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.
George Washington

Government, Liberty, Republican

It is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington

Alone, Bad, Company

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.
George Washington

Truth, Light, Bring

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
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

God, Wise, Honest

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

Jealousy, May, Liberty

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

Hope, Character, Enough

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean and low that every person of sense and character detests and despises it.
George Washington

Character, Person, Mean

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: February 22, 1732

Died: December 14, 1799

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