“Conscience ... seldom comes to a man's aid while he is in the zenith of health and revelling in pomp and luxury upon illgotten spoils. It is generally the last act of his life, and it comes too late to be of much service to others here, or to himself hereafter.”
Quote by George Washington
“A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight; but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.”
Source: Letters and Addresses,
“I hate deception, even where the imagination only is concerned.”
Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious
“The most certain way to make a man your enemy is to tell him you esteem him such.”
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
“Facts may speak for themselves.”
“[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.”
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799
“Letters of friendship require no study.”
Source: Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious
“To speak evil of any one, unless there is unequivocal proofs of their deserving it, is an injury for which there is no adequate reparation.”
Source: Recollections and private memoirs of Washington by his adopted son George Washington with a memoir of the author by his daughter; and illustrative and explanatory notes by Benson J. Loosing: With illustrations
“Nothing is too extravagant to expect from men who conceive they are ungratefully and unjustly dealt by.”
Source: Letters and Addresses,
“I shall not be deprived ... of a comfort in the worst event, if I retain a consciousness of having acted to the best of my judgment.”
Source: The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, 1745-1799: prepared under the direction of the United States George Washington bicentennial commission and published by authority of Congress
“There never was a law yet made, I conceive, that hit the taste exactly of every man, or every part of the community; of course, if this be a reason for opposition, no law can be executed at all without force, and every man or set of men will in that case cut and carve for themselves; the consequences of which must be deprecated by all classes of men, who are friends to order, and to the peace and happiness of the country.”
Source: The Writings of George Washington: pt. IV. Letters official and private, from the beginning of his presidency to the end of his life: (v. 10) May, 1789-November, 1794. (v. 11) November, 1794-December, 1799