Author: George Washington

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The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

- George Washington

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

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

- George Washington

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

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

- George Washington

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

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

- George Washington

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

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

- George Washington

There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.

- George Washington

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

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

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

- 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.

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

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