Peace with all the world is my sincere wish. I am sure it is our true policy, and am persuaded it is the ardent desire of the government.
George Washington[T]here is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists . . . an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness.
George WashingtonAll see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external happiness of elevated office.
George WashingtonTo secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized and ready to vindicate it from insult or aggression.
George WashingtonExcessive partiality for one foreign nation and excessive dislike of another cause those whom they actuate to see danger only on one side, and serve to veil and even second the arts of influence on the other. Real patriots who may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender their interests.
George Washington