Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.
George WashingtonStrive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgment to others with modesty.
George WashingtonTo rectify past blunders is impossible, but we might profit by the experience of them.
George WashingtonA slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man, that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of his friends, and that the most liberal professions of good will are very far from being the surest marks of it. I should be happy that my own experience had afforded fewer examples of the little dependence to be placed upon them.
George WashingtonA free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.
George Washington