Quotes by George Washington
The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.
- George Washington
Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.
- George Washington
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
Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.
- 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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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
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My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
- George Washington
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
- George Washington
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
- 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
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
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
