Source: pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789
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Famous George Washington Quotes
“It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws.”
Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious
“[Avoid] likewise the accumulation of debt.”
Source: Washington's Farewell Address: The Proclamation of Jackson Against Nullification, and the Declaration of Independence
Source: Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America: Published in September, 1796
“We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it.”
“Give not advice without being asked, and when desired, do it briefly.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private
“When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body, not usually discovered.”
Source: George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior
Source: The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States
Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private
“The U.S. is a Government which to bigotry gives no sanction, to persecution no assistance.”
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
Source: Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America: Published in September, 1796
“A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.”
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
Source: Life
“Offensive operations, often times, is the surest, if not the only means of defence.”
Source: Maxims of George Washington: Political, Military, Social, Moral, and Religious
“For it is fixed principle with me, that whatever is done should be done well.”
Source: George Washington's Expense Account
Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious
Source: The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States
Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts; with a Life of the Author, Notes, and Illustrations
Source: Monuments of Washington's patriotism: containing a fac simile of his publick accounts kept during the revolutionary war; and some of the documents connected with his military command and civil administration; together with an eulogium on the character of Washington, by W. Jackson
Source: Life of Washington
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
Source: Washington's Farewell Address: The Proclamation of Jackson Against Nullification, and the Declaration of Independence
Source: George Washington on religious liberty and mutual understanding: selections from Washington's letters
Source: Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States
Source: The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private
“To anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism.”
Source: Writings