作為第一任美國總統，華盛頓為美國傳下了無比珍貴的政治體制。也留下了許多智慧的話語。現摘錄幾句，作為對華盛頓總統的紀念。

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for it’s better to be alone than in bad company.

Be courteous to all but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence; true friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.

There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet an enemy.

Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.

Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pain taken to bring it to light.