Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. – George Washington
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. – George Washington
The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. – George Washington
War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. – George Washington
I didnt become leader to transform the Liberal Democrats into an enlarged form of the Electoral Reform Society. Its not the be all and end all for us. There are other very, very key ambitions in politics, not least social mobility and life chances, that I care about as passionately if not more. – Nick Clegg