Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington
To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace. – George Washington
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. – George Washington
Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. – George Washington