George Washington
George Washington
George Washingtonwas the first President of the United States, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the current United States Constitution and during his lifetime was called the "father of his country"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth22 February 1732
CountryUnited States of America
inspirational 4th-of-july heart
Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
religious heart men
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, and to Him only in this case are they answerable.
religious business men
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness - these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens. . . . reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
country 4th-of-july views
I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.
brave rewards merit
I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.
attachment evil passionate
A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils
not-giving-up calumny-is answers
To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny
4th-of-july government mankind
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.
wise hands people
It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair. The event is in the hand of God.
christian country men
The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.
independent men giving
There is nothing that gives a man consequence, and renders him fit for command, like a support that renders him independent of everybody but the State he serves.
wall ambition character
No compact among men . . . can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words, that no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other.
love country voice
I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.
government people lasts
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last.