George Washington Quotes

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for `tis better to be alone than in bad company.

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.

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Our cause is noble; it is the cause of mankind!

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

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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

It`s wonderful what we can do if we`re always doing.

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

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.

An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions led by an ass

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

"The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism.... It should be the highest ambition of every American to extend his views beyond himself, and to bear in mind that his conduct will not only affect himself, his country, and his immediate posterity; but that its influence may be co-extensive with the world, and stamp political happiness or misery on ages yet unborn." --George Washington

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for the reception of a general government, and in conciliating the good will of the People of America towards one

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment to friends; and that the most liberal professions of good-will are very far from being the surest marks of it

I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment

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.

My temper leads me to peace and harmony with all men; and it is peculiarly my wish to avoid any personal feuds or dissensions with those, who are embarked in the same great national interest with myself, as every difference of this kind in its conseq

Precedents are dangerous things; let the rein of government then be braced and held with a steady hand

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

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whic

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

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

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.