Top 56 Quotes by George Washington

About George Washington

These are some quotes by American author George Washington President, who lived between February 22, 1732 and December 14, 1799.

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.

George Washington

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive.

George Washington

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

George Washington

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

George Washington

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

George Washington

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

It is better to be alone than in bad company.

George Washington

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

George Washington

The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities, is itself a frightful despotism. But this leads at length to a more formal and permanent despotism.

George Washington

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.

George Washington

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

George Washington

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