George Washington Quotes

• I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery.

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• 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.

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• If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

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• Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples’ liberty’s teeth.

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• It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

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• Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my first wish to have all of my conduct distinguished by it.

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• Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

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• It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

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• 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.

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• I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may not hereafter be drawn into precedent.

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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.

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• 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.

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  Tags in Nation, Illusion

• War – An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish our will.

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• The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference – they deserve a place of honor with all that’s good.

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  Tags in Evil, Interference

• Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light.

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• To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

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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.

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• The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves.

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• Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a United States of Europe.

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• The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

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  Tags in Constitution, Guide

George Washington (79)

Birth:	22nd February, 1732
Death:	14th December, 1799
Nationality:	American
Profession:	President

About

George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, British America. He was an American politician, army officer, and farmer. He was the first President of the United States from 1789–97, the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

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