All obstructions to the execution of the Laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, controul, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial […]
George Washington Quotes
I have of late met with abundant reason, to be convinced of the impracticability of Recruiting this Army to the New establishment, in any reasonable time by voluntary Inlistments… the Exigency of our affairs calls aloud for vigorous exertions.
We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.
If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.
To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
Offensive operations, often times, is the “surest”, if not the “only” (in some cases) means of defence.
Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by vigorous exertions in time of peace to discharge the debts which unavoidable wars have occasioned, not ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burthen which we ourselves ought to bear.
To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
