"Unless some one pops in, unexpectedly, Mrs. Washington and myself will do what I believe has not been [done] within the last twenty years by us, that is to set down to dinner by ourselves."
George Washington to Tobias Lear | Monday, July 31, 1797
More"Love is a mighty pretty thing; but like all other delicious things, it is cloying; and when the first transports of the passion begins to subside, which it assuredly will do, and yield—oftentimes too ..."
George Washington to Elizabeth Parke Custis | Sunday, September 14, 1794
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
More"There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature."
Letter to Mrs. George William Fairfax | Tuesday, September 12, 1758
More"By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped u..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to John A. Washington, Jul. 18, 1755 | Friday, July 18, 1755
More"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet an enemy."
Letter to Elbridge Gerry | Saturday, January 29, 1780
More"The right wing, where I stood, was exposed to and received all the enemy's fire ... I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound."
Letter to his brother, John A. Washington | Friday, May 31, 1754
More"Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth."
General Orders | Tuesday, July 02, 1776
More"It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his pers..."
Letter to Alexander Hamilton | Friday, May 02, 1783
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