George Washington was the first President of the United States and a key figure in the American Revolutionary War. He was born on February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. Washington played a crucial role in leading the American colonies to victory over Great Britain in the Revolutionary War, which lasted from 1775 to 1783.
George Washington is often referred to as the “Father of His Country” due to his instrumental role in the early years of the United States, both as a military leader and as the nation’s first president. He died on December 14, 1799, at his Mount Vernon home in Virginia. His legacy continues to be celebrated and revered in American history.
George Washington Quotes
1. “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
2. “Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for it is better to be alone than in bad company.”
3. “Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”
4. “The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war, no matter how justified, shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the Veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation.”
5. “Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.”
6. “Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.”
7. “Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”
8. “Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”
9. “The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.”
10. “It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.”
11. “Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.”
12. “To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”
13. “If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
14. “The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.”
15. “My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.”
16. “Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.”
17. “The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.”
18. “Overgrown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.”
19. “It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.”
20. “To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”
21. “There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is, in every country, the surest basis of public happiness.”
22. “Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”
23. “The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people.”
24. “We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience.”
25. “The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.”
26. “I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”
27. “If the freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
28. “Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.”
29. “A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?”
30. “The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.”
31. “The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.”
32. “A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined.”
33. “It is better to be alone than in bad company.”
34. “Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.”
35. “I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.”
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