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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We must consult our means rather than our wishes.
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I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.
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The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions.
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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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Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge.
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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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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession.
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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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Religious controversies are always productive of more acrimony and irreconcilable hatreds than those which spring from any other cause.
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The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their Constitutions of Government.
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Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles.
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Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?
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The nation which indulges toward another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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