"To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."
First Annual Address, to both Houses of Congress | Friday, January 08, 1790
More"...the hours allotted for study, if really applied to it, instead of running up & down stairs, & wasted in conversation with any one who will talk with you, will enable you to make considerable progre..."
George Washington to George Washington Parke Custis | Sunday, January 07, 1798
More"...the consideration that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected, will always continue to prompt me to promote the progress of the former, by inculcating the practice of the latter."
From George Washington to the Protestant Episcopal Church | Wednesday, August 19, 1789
More"For myself, the delay may be compared to a reprieve; for in confidence I can assure you—with the world it would obtain little credit—that my movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied wi..."
From George Washington to Henry Knox | Wednesday, April 01, 1789
More"It is with pleasure I receive reproof, when reproof is due, because no person can be readier to accuse me, than I am to acknowledge an error, when I am guilty of one; nor more desirous of atoning for ..."
Letter to Governor Dinwiddie, Aug. 27, 1757 | Saturday, August 27, 1757
More"I have diligently sought the public welfare; and have endeavoured to inculcate the same principles in all that are under me. These reflections will be a cordial to my mind as long as I am able to dist..."
Letter to the Speaker of the House of Burgesses, John Robinson | Sunday, April 18, 1756
More"The ways of Providence being inscrutable, and the justice of it not to be scanned by the shallow eye of humanity, nor to be counteracted by the utmost efforts of human power or wisdom, resignation, an..."
Letter to Colonel Bassett | Tuesday, April 20, 1773
More"Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be depreca..."
Letter to Sir Edward Newenham | Saturday, October 20, 1792
More"Truth will ultimately prevail where pains is taken to bring it to light."
Letter to Charles M. Thruston | Sunday, August 10, 1794
More"Three things prompt men to a regular discharge of their duty in time of action: natural bravery, hope of reward, and fear of punishment."
Letter to the President of Congress, Feb. 9, 1776 | Friday, February 09, 1776
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