Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company. – George Washington
Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair the rest is in the hands of God. – George Washington
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism. – George Washington
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. – George Washington