Author: George Washington

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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

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

- George Washington

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

- 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

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

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

- George Washington

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

- George Washington

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.

- George Washington

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

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