The aggregate happiness of society, which is best promoted by the practice of a virtuous policy, is, or ought to be, the end of all government

Quote by George Washington

Topics: Happiness Quotes, Society Quotes

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department...

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department...

I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge...

I conceive that a knowledge of books is the basis on which all other knowledge...

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a...

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a...

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

That a national university in this country is a thing to be desired, has always...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without...

I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without...

(Liberty) is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to...

(Liberty) is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

The grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.

The grand object of Masonry is to promote the happiness of the human race.

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and...

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and...

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his...

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that...

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that...

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe...

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe...

I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns and women join the unqualified...

I am working for the time when unqualified blacks, browns and women join the unqualified...

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm...

When lovely woman stoops to folly, and finds too late that men betray, what charm...