George Washington

It is not the lowest but the highest price that makes a thing cheap.

If we mean to support the liberty and independence which we have so gloriously struggled for, we must be more virtuous and become more industrious.

I hope that no one will think of me as a tyrant, nor as a man of blood.

The foundations of our National policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality.

Promote then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.

I have always given it as my opinion that no terms should be made with a people who are so lost to every sense of honor and principle as to be capable of such barbarity.

The unfortunate success of the enemy at Fort Washington, has been owing to the misconduct of our own people.

No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand, which conducts the affairs of men, more than the people of the United States.

The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you.

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am uninfluenced by any consideration of private interest.

The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.

I had rather be in my grave, than in the present situation.

He wished he had his POCKETS full, too.

Oh!, no, women do not die for such trifles.

Why, write to her to add another leaf to the book of sufferings.

I wished the craftsman 'had been a Quaker preacher before he had made the cups.'

Mrs Washington Says that she has wrote all the news she Could get (and ladies you know are never at a loss).

amidst all the wonders recorded in holy writ no instance can be produced where a young Woman from real inclination has preferred an old man.

whether he was a whig or a tory?

On one side I am called upon to remember the parrot, on the other to remember the dog. For my own part I should not pine much if both were forgot.