Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.
GEORGE WASHINGTONI conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Experience has taught us, that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures best calculated for their own good, without the intervention of a coercive power.
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If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.
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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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Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.
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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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Decision making, like coffee, needs a cooling process.
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Much was to be done by prudence, much by conciliation, much by firmness.
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.
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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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I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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