"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"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"Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."
First Annual Address | Friday, January 08, 1790
More"Still I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain (what I consider the most enviable of all titles) the character of an honest man."
George Washington to Alexander Hamilton | Thursday, August 28, 1788
More"One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions & aims of other Districts."
Farewell Address | Monday, September 19, 1796
More"...a good moral character is the first essential in a man...It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous."
To George Steptoe Washington | Sunday, December 05, 1790
More"...a people unused to restraint must be led, they will not be drove."
George Washington to Major General Stirling | Sunday, January 19, 1777
More"There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation."
Farewell Address |
More"I retain an unalterable affection for you, which neither time or distance can change."
George Washington to Martha Washington | Friday, June 23, 1775
More"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
Letter to Major-General Robert Howe | Tuesday, August 17, 1779
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