In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.
George WashingtonNo pecuniary consideration is more urgent, than the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt: on none can delay be more injurious, or an economy of time more valuable. ... Cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible: avoiding occasions of expence (and) avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt ... not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen which we ourselves ought to bear.
George WashingtonI have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
George WashingtonCan it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?
George Washington