Quotes From George Washington - First & Greatest POTUS!

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.

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.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

The constitution vests the power of declaring war in Congress; therefore no offensive expedition of importance can be undertaken until after they shall have deliberated upon the subject and authorized such a measure.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government.

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

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 for War.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.