When it was reported to General Washington that the army was frequently indulging in swearing, he immediately sent out the following order: The general is sorry to be informed that the foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing - a vice little known heretofore in the American army - is growing into fashion. Let the men and officers reflect "that we can not hope for the blessing of heaven on our army if we insult it by our impiety and folly."
George WashingtonThere is an indissoluble union between a magnanimous policy and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity.
George WashingtonIn vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.
George WashingtonHappiness is more effectually dispensed to mankind under a republican form of government than any other.
George WashingtonI am once more seated under my own vine and fig tree ... and hope to spend the remainder of my days in peaceful retirement, making political pursuits yield to the more rational amusement of cultivating the earth.
George Washington