George Washington Ruins Quotations

Extensive powers not exercised as far as was necessary have, I believe, scarcely ever failed to ruin the possessor.

Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole.

Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.