George Washington

"It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one."

"Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected."

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."

"The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to alter or abolish."

"Lenience will operate with greater force in some instances than rigor."

"I have always considered the theater as useful to the state."

"Nothing is more important than our good health."

"Educate and inform the whole mass of the people."

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth."

"We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons."

"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."

"The constitution is the guide which I never abandon."

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

"Discipline is the soul of an army."

"Associate yourself with men of good quality."

"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few."

"The time is near at hand which must determine the fate of America."

"Mankind, when left alone, is foolish and wretched."

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

"I have heard something said about allegiance to the South."

"Perseverance and spirit have always been characteristics of the profession."

"I have already intimated to you the danger of parties in the state."

"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit."

"Promote then as an object of primary importance institutions for general education."

"The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war shall be directly proportional to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated."

"A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined."

"Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance."

"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw."

"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."

"Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices."