All GEORGE WASHINGTON Quotes about “Duty”

“The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.”
“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite.”
“There exists in the economy and course of nature, an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness; between duty and advantage; between the genuine maxims of an honest and magnanimous policy, and the solid rewards of public prosperity and felicity; since we ought to be no less persuaded that the propitious smiles of Heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself has ordained.”
“Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor, and Whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee 78 requested me "to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanks-giving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God, especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.”
“To persevere in one's duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny”
“My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.”
“I shall make it the most agreeable part of my duty to study merit, and reward the brave and deserving.”
“It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.”
“The consideration that human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected will always continue to prompt me to promote the former by inculcating the practice of the latter.”
“The duty of holding a Neutral conduct may be inferred, without any thing more, from the obligation which justice and humanity impose on every nation, in cases in which it is free to act, to maintain inviolate the relations of Peace and amity toward other Nations.”
“The whole duty of man is summed up in obedience to God's will.”
“In executing the duties of my present important station, I can promise nothing but purity of intentions, and, in carrying these into effect, fidelity and diligence.”
“The consciousness of having discharged that duty which we owe to our country is superior to all other considerations.”

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