Righteous Indignation and Treason—George Washington
Liberty Letters, George Washington
Let me conjure you, in the name of our common country, as you value your own sacred honor, as you respect...
Jefferson & Washington on the Morality of the National Debt
Liberty Letters with Steve Farrell
American Founder Thomas Jefferson, discussing the so-called morality of a national debt — what some dare to describe in our...
Jefferson & Washington on the Morality of the National Debt
Liberty Letters with Steve Farrell
American Founder Thomas Jefferson, discussing the so-called morality of a national debt — what some dare to describe in our...
Providence, Permanent Felicity, and Virtue—Washington
Liberty Letters, George Washington
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct. And...
George Washington on the Duty to Obey Law
Liberty Letters, George Washington
Respect for its authority, compliance with its Laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true...
Let Loyalty to God, Country, and Moral Integrity Comes First
Liberty Letters, George Washington
Though I prize as I ought the good opinion of my fellow citizens, yet, if I know myself, I would not...
So Long as There Shall Remain Virtue in the People
Liberty Letters, George Washington, 1787
These powers, as the appointment of all rulers will forever arise from, and at short, stated intervals recur to, the...
George Washington: Representation: Local, State, National
LIBERTY LETTERS, GEORGE WASHINGTON, 1786
That representatives ought to be the mouth of their Constituents, I do not deny, nor do I mean to call...
Union A Main Prop of Our Liberty—George Washington
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, George Washington
While, then, every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular interest in union, all...
George Washington: The Sin My Soul Abhors
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, George Washington
Nothing is a greater stranger to my breast, or a sin that my soul more abhors, than...
George Washington on Christian Soldiery
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, George Washington
The General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as...
Washington On The Debt of Gratitude We Owe to God
Liberty Letters, George Washington
No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those...
Resolve to Conquer or to Die: George Washington
Liberty Letters, George Washington: 1776
Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of a brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We...
George Washington on Paper Money
Liberty Letters, George Washington
Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and...
George Washington: Determine Now to Be Enslaved or Free
Liberty Letters Quote of the Day, George Washington
The honor and safety of our bleeding country, and every other motive that can influence the brave...
The Need For and Key to Enlightened Public Opinion: Washington
...reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. George Washington, Farewell Address
Washington’s Farewell Address
With slight shades of difference you have the same religion, manners, habits, and political principles. George Washington
Washington’s First Inaugural Address
It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations...
Washington's First Inaugural Address
It would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations...
On Being Appointed Commander In Chief
As to pay, sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment ... Washington