George Washington Quotes

"It's wonderful what we can do if we're always doing."
-George Washington

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! It is a dangerous servant and a terrible master."
-George Washington

"Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company."
-George Washington in Reputation quotes.

"Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind! "
-George Washington

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

"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."
-George Washington in America quotes.

"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 in Friendship quotes.

"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered... deeply, ...finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people."
-George Washington in Destiny quotes.

"Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action."
-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 in Character quotes.

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
-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 in Experience quotes.

"It is well, I die hard, but I am not afraid to go."
-George Washington

"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."
-George Washington in Fire quotes.

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

"We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-brought experience."
-George Washington in Past quotes.

"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

"The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion."
-George Washington in Government quotes.

"There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity."
-George Washington

"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 the appellation."
-George Washington in Friendship quotes.

"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
-George Washington in Virtue quotes.

"I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward."
-George Washington in The present quotes.