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
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington
We are persuaded that good Christians will always be good citizens, and that where righteousness prevails among individuals the Nation will be great and happy. Thus while just government protects all in their religious rights, true religion affords to government its surest support. – George Washington
War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. – George Washington