"in short the Ministry may rely on it that Americans will never be tax?d without their own consent that the cause of Boston the despotick Measures in respect to it I mean now is and ever will be consid..."
From George Washington to George William Fairfax | Friday, June 10, 1774
More"...without Virtue & without integrity, the finest talents & the most briliant accomplishments can never gain the respect or conciliate the Esteem of the truly valuable part of mankind."
Washington to Bartholomew Dandridge | Wednesday, March 08, 1797
More"While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the rights of conscience in others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, and to him..."
Letter to Benedict Arnold | Thursday, September 14, 1775
More"Remember that it is the actions, and not the commission, that make the officer, and that there is more expected from him, than the title."
Address to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment | Thursday, January 08, 1756
More"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world."
Farewell Address to the People of the United States | Monday, September 19, 1796
More"To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones."
Letter to James Welch | Sunday, April 07, 1799
More"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
Letter to James Madison | Sunday, March 02, 1788
More"A natural parent has only two things principally to consider, the improvement of his son, and the finances to do it with."
Letter to Dr. Boucher | Sunday, May 13, 1770
More"For I love to indulge the contemplation of human nature in a progressive state of improvement and melioration: and if the idea would not be considered as visionary and chimerical, I could fondly hope..."
George Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette | Thursday, January 10, 1788
More"System in all things is the soul of business. To deliberate maturely, & execute promptly is the way to conduct it to advantage. With me, it has always been a maxim, rather to let my designs appear fro..."
George Washington to James Anderson | Thursday, December 21, 1797
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