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Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. Experience has taught us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves than it is to dislodge them after they have got possession, and when the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

George Washington
Freedom, Taken, Fire

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

George Washington
Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic
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Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

George Washington
Freedom, War, Fire

There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily

George Washington
Freedom, Truth, Knowledge
George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.233

A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite.

George Washington
Freedom, Gun, People
George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.222

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality.

George Washington
Freedom, 4th Of July, Patriotic
George Washington (1837). “The writings of George Washington: being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes, and illustrations”, p.178

Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.

George Washington
Memorial Day, Freedom, 4th Of July
George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.55, Rowman & Littlefield

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.

George Washington
Religious, Truth, Freedom

Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment.

George Washington
Freedom, 4th Of July, Heart
George Washington (1810). “Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States”, p.7

While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God alone is the judge of the hearts of men, and to Him only in this case are they answerable.

George Washington
Religious, Freedom, Heart
George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.376

The establishment of Civil and Religious Liberty was the Motive which induced me to the Field - the object is attained - and it now remains to be my earnest wish & prayer, that the Citizens of the United States could make a wise and virtuous use of the blessings placed before them.

George Washington
Wise, Religious, Freedom
George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson (1784). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.249

I anticipate with pleasing expectations that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.

George Washington
Sweet, Retirement, Freedom
George Washington (1851). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.337

The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.

George Washington
Freedom, Character, Adversity
George Washington (1837). “The writings of George Washington: being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes, and illustrations”, p.187