Quote by George Washington
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our sy

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

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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. – George Washington

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Presidents Day
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Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. – George Washington

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Government is either organized benevolence or organized madness its peculiar magnitude permits no shading. – John Updike

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We dont need bigger government. We need to shrink the size of government. – Rand Paul

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This is a government takeover of our healthcare system. It is the government basically running the entire healthcare system, turning large insurers into de facto public utilities, depriving people of choice, depriving people of options, raising peoples prices, raising taxes when we need new jobs. – Paul Ryan

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But ours was intended to be a citizen government. It is what of, by and for the people means. And when our most important issue in California is the creation of jobs, I think its quite helpful to have someone in the U.S. Senate or in the governors seat who actually knows where jobs come from. – Carly Fiorina

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Nature makes only dumb animals. We owe the fools to society. – Honore de Balzac

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And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties – liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade? – Frederic Bastiat

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All poets adore explosions, thunderstorms, tornadoes, conflagrations, ruins, scenes of spectacular carnage. The poetic imagination is therefore not at all a desirable quality in a chief of state. – W. H. Auden

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Whatever muscles I have are the product of my own hard work and nothing else. – Evelyn Ashford

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