"Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the ..."
Farewell Address to the People of the United States | Monday, September 19, 1796
More"No People can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the Affairs of men more than the People of the United States. Every step, by which they have advanced to the characte..."
First Inaugural Address | Thursday, April 30, 1789
More"We should never despair, our Situation before has been unpromising and has changed for the better, so I trust, it will again. If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth New Exertions and propor..."
Letter to Major General Philip Schuyler | Tuesday, July 15, 1777
More"I can bear to hear of imputed or real errors. The man who wishes to stand well in the opinion of others must do this; because he is thereby enabled to correct his faults, or remove prejudices which ar..."
Letter to Joseph Reed, Jan. 14, 1776 | Sunday, January 14, 1776
More"I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection, that he would incline the hearts of the Citizens to cultivate a spirit of subord..."
Circular to the States | Sunday, June 08, 1783
More"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready..."
Fifth Annual Address to Congress | Friday, December 13, 1793
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
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