If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. – George Washington
War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will. – George Washington
We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience. – George Washington
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. – George Washington