Ten pearls of wisdom from George Washington, a man whom I hold in the highest regard and possibly the greatest of all Americans:
"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company."
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth."
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."
"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war."
"Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God."
"The propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained."
"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible."
"Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle."
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