George Washington Individual Quotations

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government, presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established Government

It is the peculiar boast of our country, that her happiness is alone dependent on the collective wisdom and virtue of her citizens, and rests not on the exertions of any individual

Your love of liberty -- your respect for the laws -- your habits of industry -- and your practice of the moral and religious obligations, are the strongest claims to national and individual happiness.

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

[T]he first transactions of a nation, like those of an individual upon his first entrance into life make the deepest impression, and are to form the leading traits in its character.