George Washington Quote

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


The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799 (ed. 1792)


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

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

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

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