George Washington1732–1799The 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.
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
“Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation”, no. 57, in Jared Sparks, The Life of George Washington (London: Henry Colburn, 1839), Vol. II, p. 109.Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
“Circular to the States” (8 June 1783)- Letter to the Protestant Episcopal Church (19 August 1789) Scan at American Memory (Library of Congress).
- Letter to his niece, Harriet Washington (30 October 1791)
