No compact among men... can be pronounced everlasting and inviolable, and if I may so express myself, that no Wall of words, that no mound of parchment can be so formed as to stand against the sweeping torrent of boundless ambition on the one side, aided by the sapping current of corrupted morals on the other.
George WashingtonLeadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.
George WashingtonMy opinion with respect to immigration is, that except of useful mechanics and some particular description of men and professions, there is no use of encouragement.
George WashingtonI can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.
George WashingtonBut 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.
George Washington