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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

George Washington
Inspirational, Leadership, Motivation
1790 First Annual Address, 8 Jan.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

George Washington
Inspirational, Leadership, Honesty
George Washington, Jared Sparks (1834). “The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private, Selected and Published from the Original Manuscripts”, p.324

It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.

George Washington
Motivational, Inspiring, Leadership
George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1776). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.269

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.

George Washington
Leadership, Honesty, Individual
George Washington, Jared Sparks (1847). “pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789”, p.146