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Quote by George Washington
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to ma

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. – George Washington

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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. – George Washington

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Freedom
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George Washington
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Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. – George Washington

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Experience
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George Washington
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President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case – and most Americans would agree with him on this – then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people? – Tony Campolo

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Government

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters. – Stephen Harper

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Government

The most cogent reason for restricting the interference of government is the great evil of adding unnecessarily to its power. – John Stuart Mill

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Government

The inherent purpose of American government is let people seek their own goals and to encourage them to be responsible on the various adventures they have on their way to those goals, good, bad, and otherwise. – P. J. ORourke

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Government

Random Quotes

Its like one of those dreams you have when someone is chasing you. Youre running as fast as you can, and someones trotting behind you, just out of range, trying to grab onto you. – Michael Chang

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Dreams

I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all. – Richard Wright, American Hunger, 1977

Category:
Writing

No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one. – Jessica Savitch

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motivational

Deceit is the game of petty spirits, and that is by nature a womans quality. – Pierre Corneille

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Nature