"Love is a mighty pretty thing; but like all other delicious things, it is cloying; and when the first transports of the passion begins to subside, which it assuredly will do, and yield—oftentimes too ..."
George Washington to Elizabeth Parke Custis | Sunday, September 14, 1794
More"in short the Ministry may rely on it that Americans will never be tax'd without their own consent that the cause of Boston the despotick Measures in respect to it I mean now is and ever will be consid..."
From George Washington to George William Fairfax | Friday, June 10, 1774
More"I retain an unalterable affection for you, which neither time or distance can change."
George Washington to Martha Washington | Friday, June 23, 1775
More"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
Letter to Major-General Robert Howe | Tuesday, August 17, 1779
More"There is a Destiny which has the control of our actions, not to be resisted by the strongest efforts of Human Nature."
Letter to Mrs. George William Fairfax | Tuesday, September 12, 1758
More"By the all-powerful dispensations of Providence, I have been protected beyond all human probability and expectation; for I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, yet escaped u..."
GEORGE WASHINGTON, letter to John A. Washington, Jul. 18, 1755 | Friday, July 18, 1755
More"There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet an enemy."
Letter to Elbridge Gerry | Saturday, January 29, 1780
More"The right wing, where I stood, was exposed to and received all the enemy's fire ... I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound."
Letter to his brother, John A. Washington | Friday, May 31, 1754
More"Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth."
General Orders | Tuesday, July 02, 1776
More"It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even his pers..."
Letter to Alexander Hamilton | Friday, May 02, 1783
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