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
children father light
May the children of the stock of Abraham who dwell in this land continue to merit and enjoy the good will of the other inhabitants-while every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and fig tree and there shall be none to make him afraid. May the father of all mercies scatter light, and not darkness, upon our paths, and make us all in our several vocations useful here, and in His own due time and way everlastingly happy.
humble modesty argument
Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.
wisdom 4th-of-july government
The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government.
friendship sticks youth
[It] is the juvenal period of life when friendships are formed, and habits established, that will stick by one.
country character independent
My ardent desire is, and my aim has been . . . to comply strictly with all our engagements foreign and domestic; but to keep the U States free from political connections with every other Country. To see that they may be independent of all, and under the influence of none. In a word, I want an American character, that the powers of Europe may be convinced we act for ourselves and not for others; this, in my judgment, is the only way to be respected abroad and happy at home.
taxation taxes tax-day
No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.
country best-wishes feelings
My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.
government ideas people
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.
honesty constitution affair
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
patriotic exercise rights
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction - to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens.
order heaven unions
There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained.
fashion men clothes
Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds.
people want corn
Let no one go hungry away. If any of the kind of people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities, provided it does not encourage them in idleness.
believe bullets sound
I heard the bullets whistle-- and believe me, there is something charming in the sound.