Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. – George Washington
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. – George Washington
Government is not reason it is not eloquent it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. – George Washington
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it. – George Washington