George Washington Quotes

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.
George Washington

Men, Business, Short

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
George Washington

Good, Country, Public

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.
George Washington

Wish, Force, Greater

Bad seed is a robbery of the worst kind: for your pocket-book not only suffers by it, but your preparations are lost and a season passes away unimproved.
George Washington

Bad, Lost, Away

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
George Washington

Person, Done, Two

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.
George Washington

Government, May, Down

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.
George Washington

Nothing, Another, Service

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.
George Washington

Experience, Real, Pride

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: February 22, 1732

Died: December 14, 1799

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