Quotes-George Washington

"I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving." - Address to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment, January 8, 1756

"Time is of more importance than is generally imagined." - Letter to James Anderson, December 10, 1799

"What can be so proper as the truth?" - Letter to Richard Washington, April 15, 1757

"A good general government, without good morals and good habits, will not make us a happy People; and we shall deceive ourselves if we think it will." - Letter to Annis Boudinot Stockton, August 31, 1788