Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
GEORGE WASHINGTONIf freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
More George Washington Quotes
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.
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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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We began a contest for liberty ill provided with the means for the war, relying on our patriotism to supply the deficiency.
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There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
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We have probably had too good an opinion of human nature in forming our confederation.
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquence. It is force. And force, like fire, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.
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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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Those who have committed no faults want no pardon. We are only defending what we deem our indisputable rights.
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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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I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world.
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