Let no one go hungry away. If any of the kind of people should be in want of corn, supply their necessities, provided it does not encourage them in idleness.
George WashingtonIn a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude.
George WashingtonTo the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable.
George WashingtonThe best means of forming a manly, virtuous, and happy people will be found in the right education of youth. Without this foundation, every other means, in my opinion, must fail.
George WashingtonLet me ... warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party.
George WashingtonIf we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.
George Washington