"...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"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
More"...something is due to the Man who puts his life in his hand?hazards his health?& forsakes the Sweets of domestic enjoyments..."
From George Washing to John Hancock | Wednesday, September 25, 1776
More"My brave fellows, you have done all I asked you to do, and more than can be reasonably expected; but your country is at stake, your wives, your houses and all that you hold dear. You have worn yoursel..."
Washington, encouraging his men to re-enlist in the army | Tuesday, December 31, 1776
More"At a time, when our lordly masters in Great Britain will be satisfied with nothing less than the deprivation of American freedom, it seems highly necessary that something should be done to avert the s..."
Letter to George Mason | Wednesday, April 05, 1769
More"As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is, to use it as sparingly as possible; avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, but ..."
Farewell Address | Saturday, September 17, 1796
More"However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be ..."
Farewell Address | Saturday, September 17, 1796
More"It is important ... that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration, to confine themselves within their respective Constitutional Sphere..."
Farewell Address to the People of the United States | Monday, September 19, 1796
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