Washington Quotes on Economics
"System in all things is the soul of business. To deliberate maturely, & execute promptly is the way to conduct it to advantage. With me, it has always been a maxim, rather to let my designs appear fro..."
George Washington to James Anderson | Thursday, December 21, 1797
More"in short the Ministry may rely on it that Americans will never be tax?d without their own consent that the cause of Boston the despotick Measures in respect to it I mean now is and ever will be consid..."
From George Washington to George William Fairfax | Friday, June 10, 1774
More"To contract new debts is not the way to pay old ones."
Letter to James Welch | Sunday, April 07, 1799
More"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"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
Letter to Major-General Robert Howe | Tuesday, August 17, 1779
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
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