George Washington Quotes
"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."
“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”
“the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.”
“Worry is the intrest paid by those who borrow trouble.”
“99% of failures come from people who make excuses.”
“Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession. ”
“The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.”
“I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.”
It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.
Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.