More from George Washington
- Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
- I hope I shall always possess firmness and virtueenough to maintain what I consider the mostenviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
- It is not in the power of any man to command success; but you have done more — you have deserved it.
- My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty . . . it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
- Prosperity destroys fools and endangers the wise.
- Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Last reviewed 2026-07-06