Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. George Washington Friendship
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. George Washington Peace
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. George Washington War
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. George Washington Alone
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. George Washington Faith
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. George Washington Hope
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. George Washington Religion
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. George Washington Government
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. George Washington Good
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it. George Washington Jealousy
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. George Washington Peace
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. George Washington Government
The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. George Washington Time