If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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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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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A bad war is fought with a good mind.
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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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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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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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To persevere in one’s duty, and be silent is the best answer to calumny.
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Real men despise battle, but will never run from it.
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A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle; and that almost every man is more or less, under its influence.
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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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To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.
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Man is the religious animal.
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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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I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education I received from my mom.
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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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The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible.
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