George Washington

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to read more

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace.

I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the read more

I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution.

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of read more

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen whic