If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
GEORGE WASHINGTONSpeak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
More George Washington Quotes
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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99% of failures come from people who make excuses.
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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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It 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.
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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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If the cause is advanced, indifferent is it to me where or in what quarter it happens.
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Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.
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The hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.
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Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. The rest is in the hands of God.
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Religion is a byproduct of fear.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
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True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to appellation.
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Speak not evil of the absent, for it is unjust.
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