"If in the opinion of the People, the distribution or modification of the Constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designa..."
Farewell Address to the People of the United States |
More"avoid Gaming—This is a vice which is productive of every possible evil. equally injurious to the Morals & health of its votaries—It is the child of Avarice—the brother of inequity—& father of Mischief..."
George Washington to Bushrod Washington, 15 January 1783 | Wednesday, January 15, 1783
More"Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country."
Statement while delivering response to the first Newburgh Address | Saturday, March 15, 1783
More"I shall wear the Medal you were pleasd to Compli[men]t me with, with great pleasure; and shall present the other’s to Indian Chiefs as I have already done one to the Half King. I am particularly oblig..."
George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie | Monday, June 10, 1754
More"...every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country."
Letter to Benedict Arnold | Thursday, September 14, 1775
More"...arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."
"Circular to the States" | Sunday, June 08, 1783
More"All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office. To me there is nothing in it, beyond the lustre which may be reflected from its connection with a powe..."
Letter to Catherine Macaulay Graham | Saturday, January 09, 1790
More"Tis well."
Washington's last words, as recorded by Tobias Lear | Saturday, December 14, 1799
More"I will not give up the hope of seeing you at Mount Vernon, before I quit the stage of human action—the idea woud be too painful—I must indulge a contrary one."
From George Washington to Chastellux | Friday, August 20, 1784
More"...happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a persons own mind—than on the externals in the world"
From George Washington to Mary Ball Washington | Thursday, February 15, 1787
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