George Washington

“Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty, and which are to be regarded as particularly hostile to Republican Liberty. In this sense it is, that your Union ought to be considered as a main prop of your liberty, and that the love of the one ought to endear to you the preservation of the other.”

“To enlarge the sphere of social happiness is worthy of the benevolent design of a Masonic institution; and it is most fervently to be wished, that the conduct of every member of the fraternity, as well as those publications, that discover the principles which actuate them, may tend to convince mankind that the grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.]”

“There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy”

“Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.”

“Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?”

“Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty.”

“If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.”

“Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.”

“I beg you be persuaded that no one would be more zealous than myself to establish effectual barriers against the horrors of spiritual tyranny, and every species of religious persecution.”

“The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.”

“אם יעשה זאת, הוא יהיה האדם הגדול ביותר בעולם.”

“אחרי שניצח במלחמה, וושינגטון עשה מה שמנהיגים מנצחים עושים לעתים נדירות: הוא ויתר מרצונו על הכוח.”

“לאופי המוערך של הפטריוט ראוי להוסיף, למען תהלתנו, גם את האופי הנעלה יותר של נוצרי.”

“מלחמה ממושכת לא יכולה להישען רק על העקרון הזה (פטריוטיזם). היא צריכה להיות מלווה גם בתקווה להבטחת אינטרס כלשהו או תגמול.”

“הֶיֵה אדיב לכולם אך אינטימי עם אחדים; ודאג שאחדים אלו יהיו בעלי ניסיון לפני שתתן להם מאמונך.”

“משמעת היא הנפש של צבא. היא הופכת מספרים קטנים למטילי מורא, משיגה הצלחה לחלשים, וכבוד לכול.”

“משחק מזל הוא בנה של הקמצנות, אחיה של הדאגה ואביו של הרוע.”

“דאגה היא הריבית שמשלמים מבקשי הצרות.”

“I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.”

“True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation.”