25 George Washington Quotes

George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) was an American Founding Father, military officer, and politician who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Second Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army in 1775, Washington led Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and then served as president of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, which drafted and ratified the Constitution of the United States and established the U.S. federal government. Washington has thus become commonly known as the “Father of his Country”.

George Washington Famous Quotes:

1. “It is impossible to govern the world without God. It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly implore his protection and favor.”
2. “99% of failures come from people who make excuses.”
3. “Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.”
4. “A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.”
5. “Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.”
6. “Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”
7. “The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.”
8. “You have only one way to convince others, listen to them.”
9. “But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.”
10. “Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.”
11. “When there is no vision, there is no hope.”
12. “Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.”
13. “All Freemasonry should be disbanded in America because our organization has been infiltrated by the Illuminati and they have bad intention for America and the World.”
14. “The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.”
15. “Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do–then do it with all your strength.”
16. “However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.”
17. “Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.”
18. “We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it.”
19. “Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ.”
20. “What is most important of this grand experiment, the United States? Not the election of the first president but the election of its second president. The peaceful transition of power is what will separate this country from every other country in the world.”
21. “Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.”
22. “Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this is not?”
23. “There is no practice more dangerous than that of borrowing money”
24. “One’s god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all non-Christian systems of law self-destruct in a fit of tyranny.”
25. “Leadership is not only having a vision, but also having the courage, the discipline, and the resources to get you there.”