George Washington Quotes

Virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government.

American government was founded on a belief and a faith in God and in doing what is right and just.

A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.

Morality is the object of government.

The government may be made up of clever, sensible people. But if they do not believe in basic human values, the more clever or shrewd they are the greater the tragedy they will create.

A little Religion, and a little Honesty, goes a great way in Courts.

Without Virtue there can be no liberty

The only foundation of a free Constitution, is pure Virtue, and if this cannot be inspired into our People, in a great Measure, than they have it now. They may change their Rulers, and the forms of Government, but they will not obtain a lasting Liberty.

Liberty can no more exist without virtue and independence than the body can live and move without a soul.

There is no wrong time to do the right thing.

Nature rejects the monarch, not the man; the subject, not the citizen... The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

Without integrity and conscience we lose our freedom.

Always do what is right. It will gratify half of mankind and astound the other.

Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be?

The common vice of democracy is disregard for morality.

When goodness is lost, it is replaced by morality.

Void of freedom, what would virtue be?

Ethics, decency and morality are the real soldiers

You have to have wisdom and knowledge as well as virtue to preserve your rights and liberties.

No free government, or the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality, and virtue.

Religion and good morals are the only solid foundation of public liberty and happiness.

Divorced from ethics, leadership is reduced to management and politics to mere technique.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.

To suppose that any form of government will secure liberty or happiness without any virtue in the people, is a chimerical idea.