Be not forward, but friendly and courteous; the first to salute, hear and answer; and be not pensive when it is time to converse.
George WashingtonAll combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force; to put, in the place of the delegated will of the nation the will of a party, often a small but artful and enterprising minority of the community.
George WashingtonLabor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
George Washington