Quotes by George Washington

“Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.”

“When there is no vision, there is no hope.”

“The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.”

“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.”

“Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.”

“The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.”

“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.”

“Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.”

“What students would learn in American schools above all is the religion of Jesus Christ.”

“The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.”

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

“Associate yourself with men of good quality, if you esteem your reputation. Be not apt to relate news, if you know not the truth thereof. Speak no evil of the absent, for it is unjust. Undertake not what you cannot perform, but be careful to keep your promise. There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth, and pursue it steadily. Nothing but harmony, honesty, industry and frugality are necessary to make us a great and happy nation.”