Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. – George Washington
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. – George Washington
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. – George Washington
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. – George Washington