Quote by George Washington
If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may

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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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

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Government
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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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If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. – George Washington

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Peace
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Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all. – Garrett Hardin

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Freedom

Men must stop being jealous of their power and generously allow freedom and responsibility to others. The reward is harmonious families and society. – Delphine de Girardin

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Freedom

It is hard to know how many people do, but given that the people are so docile towards the rulers, nowadays, very few Americans show the passion for freedom that our forefathers had. – James Bovard

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Freedom

No one who has lived even for a fleeting moment for something other than life in its conventional sense and has experienced the exaltation that this feeling produces can then renounce his new freedom so easily. – Andre Breton

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Freedom

Random Quotes

No person who can read is ever successful at cleaning out an attic. – Ann Landers

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Books

I believe theres too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television. – Bob Woodward

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Patience

So justice while she winks at crimes,
Stumbles on innocence sometimes. – Samuel Butler (poet)

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Innocence

Actually, there is only one first question of government, and it is How should we live? or What kind of people do we want our citizens to be? – George Will

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Ethics