If freedom of speech is taken away, then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
GEORGE WASHINGTONThere is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
More George Washington Quotes
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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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Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.
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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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Strive not with your superiors in argument, but always submit your judgement to others with modesty.
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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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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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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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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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A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government.
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Every man thinks God is on his side.
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Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.
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Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
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Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone.
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Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none although they give occasion
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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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It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.
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The peace often, sometimes perhaps the liberty, of Nations has been the victim.
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A sensible woman can never be happy with a fool.
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Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.
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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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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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Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.
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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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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
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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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