George Washington Patriotism Quotations

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783

The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .

How soon we forget history...Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.