The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. – 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
There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard. – George Washington
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