George Washington actually said...

All lawful ways and means will be strictly put in execution for bringing to justice the infractors thereof and securing obedience thereto.

Proclamation 3B—Cessation of Violence and Obstruction of Justice in Protest of Liquor Laws

09/14/1792

More George Washington Quotes

A government that governs least is best.

Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

A strong nation is built on the foundation of unity and common purpose.