The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
GEORGE WASHINGTONLiberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
More George Washington Quotes
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System to all things is the soul of business. To execute properly and act maturely is the way to conduct it to your advantage.
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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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A man ought not to value himself of his achievements or rare qualities of wit, much less of his riches, virtue or kindred.
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I am convinced that you will again give that support to leadership in these critical days.
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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
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The experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure.
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If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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Wisdom and good examples are necessary at this time to rescue the political machine from the impending storm.
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A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
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Citizens by birth or choice of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections.
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