George Washington Quotes

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.

A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.

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

It is our true policy to steer clear of entangling alliances with any portion of the foreign world.

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

But if we are to be told by a foreign Power ... what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have Independence yet to seek, and have contended hitherto for very little.

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

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