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
army play suffering
The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.
attitude war government
If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
war character self
Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.
law yield honor
It is not the mere study of the Law, but to become eminent in the profession of it, which is to yield honor and profit.
lying may matter
In the composition of the human frame there is a good deal of inflammable matter, however dormant it may lie for a time.
way greater
Smaller societies must prepare the way for greater.
fashion eye men
A person who is anxious to be a leader of the fashion, or one of the first to follow it, will certainly appear in the eyes of judicious men to have nothing better than a frequent change of dress to recommend him to notice.
good-company found company
Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad.
government constitution recommendations
It will at least be a recommendation to the proposed constitution that it is provided with more checks and barriers against the introduction of tyranny, and those of a nature less liable to be surmounted, than any government hitherto instituted among mortals hath possessed.
men taught-us execution
Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power.
care inattention investigation
The true distinction ... between what is called a fine Regiment, and an indifferent one will ever, upon investigation, be found to originate in, and depend upon the care, or the inattention, of the Officers belonging to them.
easy found difficult
It is easy to make acquaintances, but very difficult to shake them off, however irksome and unprofitable they are found, after we have once committed ourselves to them.
country rational wells
To stand well in the estimation of one's country is a happiness that no rational creature can be insensible of.
heart america honest
America ... has ever had, and I trust she ever will have, my honest exertions to promote her interest. I cannot hope that my services have been the best; but my heart tells me they have been the best that I could render.