Quote

I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.

George Washington

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

George Washington
Age: 67 †
Born: 1732
Born: February 22
Died: 1799
Died: December 14
1St U.S. President
Cartographer
Engineer
Farmer
Land Surveyor
Military Officer
Politician
Slaveholder
Statesperson
Westmoreland County
Virginia
Washington
President Washington
G. Washington
Father of the United States
The American Fabius
Exist
Party
Wish
Firsts
First
Heart
Men
Reconcile
Parties

More quotes by George Washington

Image
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.
George Washington
Image
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.
George Washington
Image
It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
George Washington
Image
Good company will always be found much less expensive than bad.
George Washington
Image
I use no Porter ... in my family, but such as is made in America: both these articles may now be purchased of an excellent quality.
George Washington
Image
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.
George Washington
Image
It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.
George Washington
Image
Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror.
George Washington
Image
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
George Washington
Image
The scheme, my dear Marqs. which you propose as a precedent, to encourage the emancipation of the black people of this Country from that state of Bondage in wch. they are held, is a striking evidence of the benevolence of your Heart. I shall be happy to join you in so laudable a work.
George Washington
Image
A hundred thousand men, coming one after another, cannot move a Ton weight but the united strength of 50 would transport it with ease.
George Washington
Image
A variety in punishment is of utility, as well as a proportion.
George Washington
Image
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.
George Washington
Image
What is most important of this grand experiment, the United States? Not the election of the first president but the election of its second president. The peaceful transition of power is what will separate this country from every other country in the world.
George Washington
Image
I commend you, however, for passing the time in as merry a manner as you possibly could it is assuredly better to go laughing than crying thro' the rough journey of life.
George Washington
Image
Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company.
George Washington
Image
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
Image
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.
George Washington
Image
The arrows of malevolence ... however barbed and well pointed, never can reach the most vulnerable part of me though, whilst I am up as a mark, they will be continually aimed.
George Washington
Image
I wish to walk in such a line as will give most general satisfaction.
George Washington