The quotations of

George Washington

Founding Father and first U.S. president

1732–1799

41 quotes, most often on War & Peace, Politics and America. Part of the U.S. Presidents and Founding Fathers collections.

Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all.
George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
- Justice
- War & Peace
Of all the dispositions and habits, which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports.
George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves.
General Orders, New York (2 July 1776)
- America
- Freedom
Let me now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party, generally.
George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
- Politics
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights.
Letter to the Hebrew Congregation of Newport, Rhode Island (1790)
- Liberty
- Religion
All see, and most admire, the glare which hovers round the external trappings of elevated office.
Letter to Catherine Macaulay Graham (9 January 1790)
- Power
- Presidency
Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
- Education
- Knowledge
So far as I am acquainted with the principles & Doctrines of Free Masonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised only for the good of mankind.
Draft of a letter to the Grand Lodge of Free Masons of the State of Maryland (8 November 1798)
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last.
Letter to the Marquis de Lafayette (25 July 1785)
- Democracy
- Government
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
George Washington’s Farewell Address (1796)
- Liberty
For happily the Government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens, in giving it on all occasions their effectual support.
Letter to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island (18 August 1790)

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