George Washington Quotes — Page 29

Military Leader, Politician

Philosophical

“A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle... Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good. It is vain to exclaim against the depravity of human nature on this account; the fact is so, the experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure, change the constitution of man, before we can make it otherwise. No institution, not built on the presumptive truth of these maxims can succeed.”

Men Views Sacrifice

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George Washington

Military Leader, Politician

Hopeful

“Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.”

Resources All Time Providence

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Hopeful

“I now make it my earnest prayer that God would have you and the State over which you preside in His holy protection; that He would most graciously be pleased to dispose us all to do justice, to love mercy, and to demean ourselves with that charity, humility, and pacific temper of mind which were the characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed religion, without an humble imitation of whose example in these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation.”

Prayer Blessed Humble

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Grateful

“I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.”

Sweet Freedom Retirement

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Anxious

“My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.”

Country Feelings Best Wishes

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Spiritual

“It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being. Religion is as necessary to reason, as reason is to religion.”

Reason Impossible Arriving

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Philosophical

“In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.”

Men Religion Pillars

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Spiritual

“No people can be bound to acknowledge the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the united States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency”

Character Christian Independent

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Melancholic

“The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.”

Character Freedom Adversity

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Wise

“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.”

Honesty Constitution Affair

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Wise

“There was not a member of the Constitutional Convention who had the least objection to what is contended for by the advocates for a Bill of Rights and trial by jury.”

Law Rights Trials

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Angry

“A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils”

Evil Passionate Attachment

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