FAMOUS QUOTES BY GEORGE WASHINGTON ABOUT THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

“The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves.”

“I have no doubt, but we shall be able to preserve our liberties, and fulfil the most sanguine expectations of our friends in Europe.”

“Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.”

“We can’t expect to reap the full benefits of liberty without some sacrifices.”

“If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.”

“Discipline is the soul of an army.”

“The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.”

“The citizens of America have too much discernment to be argued into anarchy.”

“It is the business of a general to be quiet and meddle little.”

“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”

“The readiness for war is the surest means of preserving peace.”

“The best way to secure future peace is to be prepared for war.”

“The time is now near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them.” I CAN T TAKE ANYMORE QUOTES

“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience.”

“The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.”

“It is much easier and less distressing to draw good counsel and wisdom from future sources than from past.”

“War, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”

“The time is now near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.”

“We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die: Our won Country’s Honor, all call upon us for vigorous and manly exertion, and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. Let us, therefore, rely upon the goodness of the Cause, and the aid of the supreme Being, in whose hands Victory is, to animate and encourage us to great and noble Actions.”

“Necessity, the tyrant’s plea, is every precedent’s excuse.”

“The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American People.”

“No volume of mere laws can secure freedom.”

“Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”

“We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience.”

“Truth will ultimately prevail where there are pains taken to bring it to light.”