Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. George Washington More Quotes by George Washington More Quotes From George Washington It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. George Washington justice giving people I now make it my earnest prayer, that God would have you, and the State over which you preside, in his holy protection... and finally, that he would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacifick temper of the mind, which were the characteristicks of the divine Author of our blessed religion ; without an humble imitation of whose example, in these things, we can never hope to be a happy Nation. George Washington imitation blessed humble [T]here is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists . . . an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness. George Washington unions virtue liberty Submit your sentiments with diffidence. A dictatorial style, though it may carry conviction, is always accompanied with disgust. George Washington conviction style may Passionate attachment to another nation produces a variety of evils... the illusion of common interests where no real common interests exist; adopting the enmities of the other; and participation in the quarrels and wars of the other without any justification. Still another evil is that such a passionate attachment gives to ambitious, corrupted, or deluded citizens the facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country. George Washington real war country The tribute that is due to the talents, the rectitude, and the patriotism which adorn the characters selected to devise and adopt them. In these honorable qualifications, I behold the surest pledges, that as on one side, no local prejudices, or attachments; no seperate views, nor party animosities, will misdirect the comprehensive and equal eye which ought to watch over this great assemblage of communities and interests: so, on another, that the foundations of our National policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality... George Washington party eye character There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity. George Washington vanity littles men Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this is not? George Washington brave men country The crisis is arrived when we must assert our rights, or submit to every imposition, that can be heaped upon us, till custom and use shall make us as tame and abject slaves, as the blacks we rule over with such arbitrary sway. George Washington arbitrary use rights My manner of living is plain and I do not mean to be put out of it. A glass of wine and a bit of mutton are always ready. George Washington wine food mean Undertake not to teach your equal in the art himself professes; it savors arrogancy. George Washington teach pride art In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude. Every man will speak as he thinks, or, more properly, without thinking, and consequently will judge of effects without attending to their causes. George Washington voice men thinking Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves, by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. George Washington causes ties europe If to be venerated for benevolence, if to be admired for talents, if to be esteemed for patriotism, if to be beloved for philanthropy, can gratify the human mind, you must have the pleasing consolation to know that you have not lived in vain. And I flatter myself that it will not be ranked among the least grateful occurrences of your life to be assured that, so long as I retain my memory, you will be thought on with respect, veneration, and affection by your sincere friend. George Washington grateful memories long It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals. George Washington individual honesty leadership In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed toward the organization and administration of the Government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable. George Washington administration government organization Government is at best a petulant servant and at worst a tyrannical master. George Washington government gun masters [Avoid] likewise the accumulation of debt. George Washington debt-by-founding-fathers accumulation debt If you can't sent money, send tobacco. George Washington tobacco ifs smoking Promote then as an object of primary importance, Institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened. George Washington government education giving
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