Quotes from George Washington
Bless my family, kindred, friends and country, be our God and guide this day and forever for His sake, who lay down in the grave and arose again for us, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
- George Washington
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
- George Washington
We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions.
- George Washington
The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreebly to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.
- George Washington
I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless.
- George Washington
A good moral character is the first essential. It is highly important not only to be learned but to be virtuous.
- George Washington
The spirit of party opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which finds a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions.
- George Washington
... happily the Government of the United States... gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance.
- George Washington
While just government protects all in their religious rites, true religion affords government its surest support.
- George Washington
In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to combine geographical situation, and sometimes other considerations, with abilities and fitness of known characters.
- George Washington
The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.
- George Washington
Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.
- George Washington