The establishment of our new Government seemed to be the last great experiment for promoting human happiness by reasonable compact in civil society. It was to be, in the first instance, in a considerable degree a government of accommodation as well as a government of Laws. Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
George WashingtonWar - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.
George WashingtonReason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.
George WashingtonLet us therefore rely on the goodness of the cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble actions.
George WashingtonWhen a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.
George Washington