George Washington Quotes

Undertake not what you cannot perform but be careful to keep your promise.

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

Heaven itself has ordained the right.

There is literally nothing that I ever asked to do that I asked the blessed Creator to help me to do that I have not been able to accomplish.

'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world - as far I mean as we are now at liberty to do it.

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.

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

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God.

From a child, I had an inordinate desire for knowledge and especially music, painting, flowers, and the sciences, Algebra being one of my favorite studies.

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

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals.

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

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.