The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die.
George WashingtonSpeak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none, although they give occasion.
George WashingtonBe courteous to all, but personal with number of, and allow those couple be perfectly attempted ahead of you provide them with your self-assurance.
George WashingtonI am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the Vault in less than three days after I am dead.... Tis well.
George WashingtonReason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.
George Washington