The Words of Our Founding Fathers, George Washington Wednesdays

From "The Patriot Post"

George Washington
1789 - First Inaugural Address
Category: Virtue
"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."

Reference: Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the U.S