If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIt is substantially true, that virtue or morality is a necessary spring of popular government. The rule, indeed, extends with more or less force to every species of free government.
More George Washington Quotes
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It is better to be alone than in bad company.
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Freedom of inquiry will produce liberality of conduct.
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they pass unobserved.
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My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother.
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It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people.
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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by a difference of sentiments in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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The chief duty of the National Government in connection with the currency of the country is to coin money and declare its value.
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No punishment, in my opinion, is to great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country’s ruin.
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I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth.
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Heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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