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
lying father littles
Father I cannot tell a lie. I did it with my little hatchet.
government miracle littles
It appears to me, then, little short of a miracle, that the Delegates from so many different States . . . should unite in forming a system of national Government, so little liable to well founded objections.
political littles path
I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.
political littles connections
I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment
running inheritance littles
Like a young heir, come a little prematurely to a large inheritance, we shall wanton and run riot until we have brought our reputation to the brink of ruin, and then, like him, shall have to labor with the current of opinion, when COMPELLED perhaps, to do what prudence and common policy pointed out, as plain as any problem in Euclid, in the first instance.
men vanity littles
There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.
doctrine world littles
The most dangerous of all false doctrines is the one seasoned with a little truth. It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.
people voting littles
Though, when a people shall have become incapable of governing themselves and fit for a master, it is of little consequence from what quarter he comes.
independence littles foreign-policy
But if we are to be told by a foreign Power . . . what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have Independence yet to seek, and have contended hitherto for very little.
flower littles woods
All flowers talk to me and so do hundreds of little living things in the woods. I learn what I know by watching and loving everything.
doors secret littles
To those who have not yet learned the secret of true happiness, begin now to study the little things in your own door yard.
duty establish government individual obey people power
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
congress far measure worse
far worse than were Congress to enact no measure at all.
purpose solely
used solely for the purpose of encouraging American genius.