George Washington's Quotes and Phrases

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

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.

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 effectual means of preserving peace.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company.

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

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

It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

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

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.

Fun fact: George Washington didn't have wooden teeth. But he did have teeth problems. When he attended his first inauguration, he only had one tooth left in his head.

Poor George Washington
I'm sorry for any Patriotic Americans for this information but it's true

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