"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"heroes have made poets, and poets heroes."
George Washington to Lafayette | Wednesday, May 28, 1788
More"..when one side only of a story is heard, and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it, insensibly"
Letter to Edmund Pendleton | Thursday, January 22, 1795
More"Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action."
Address to Congress resigning his commission | Tuesday, December 23, 1783
More"The situation in which I now stand, for the last time, in the midst of the Representatives of the People of the United States, naturally recalls the period when the Administration of the present form ..."
George Washington, Eighth Annual Message to Congress | Wednesday, December 07, 1796
More"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms ..."
General Orders | Tuesday, July 02, 1776
More"It is infinitely better to have a few good Men, than many indifferent ones."
Letter to James McHenry | Friday, August 10, 1798
More"At length my Dear Marquis I am become a private citizen on the banks of the Potomac, & under the shadow of my own Vine & my own Fig tree, free from the bustle of a camp & the busy scenes of public lif..."
George Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette | Sunday, February 01, 1784
More"...it is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."
From George Washington to Harriot Washington | Sunday, October 30, 1791
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