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George Washington Quotes

«A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite»
«Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.»
«The consciousness of having attempted faithfully to discharge my duty, and the approbation of my Country will be a sufficient recompense for my Services»
«When, in the decline of Life, I gratify the fond wish of my heart in retiring from public labors, and find the language of approbation and fervent prayers for future happiness following that event, my heart expands with gratitude and my feelings beco»
«I cannot conceive a rank more honorable, than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people, the purest source and original fountain of all power»
«A peace establishment ought always to have two objects in view; the one, present security of posts and of stores, and the public tranquillity; the other, to be prepared, if the latter is impracticable, to resist with efficacy the sudden attempts of a»
«When a man does all he can, though it succeeds not well, blame not him that did it.»
«In the Enlightened Age and in this Land of equal Liberty it is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws, nor deprive him of the right of attaining and holding the highest Offices that are known in the Unite»
«I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.»
«Few men have virtue enough to withstand the highest bidder.»