“It is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.”

— George Washington, Farewell Address, 1796

About George Washington

1732 – 1799

First President of the United States and commander of the Continental Army.

“If new difficulties arise, we must only put forth new exertions and proportion our efforts to the exigency of the times.”

“Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than that black and detestable one, ingratitude.”

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

“A little flesh, a little breath, and a Reason to rule all—that is myself.”

“I know that my unity with all people cannot be destroyed by national boundaries and government orders.”

“The Circumlocution Office was (as everybody knows without being told) the most important Department under Government.”

“Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants.”

“seeker of truth follow no path all paths lead where truth is here”

“The quiet words of the wise are more to be heeded than the shouts of a ruler of fools.”