George Washington Quotes about Truth

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

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

George Washington

Truth, Pain, Inspiration

"The Real George Washington".

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.

George Washington

Truth, Honesty, Men

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

George Washington

Trust, Hope, Truth

George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.46, Rowman & Littlefield

There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily

George Washington

Freedom, Truth, Knowledge

George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.233

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.

George Washington

Religious, Truth, Freedom

At a distance from the theatre of action, truth is not always related without embellishment, and sometimes is entirely perverted, from a misconception of the causes which produce the effects that are the subjects of censure.

George Washington

Truth, Distance, Action

"The Writings of George Washington: Being His Correspondence, Addresses, Messages, and Other Papers, Official and Private".