Few people have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder. |
Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth. |
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 Remembers: Reflections on the French and Indian War. |
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force. |
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action. |
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master. |
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism |
Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected. |
he was great. |
I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment |
I am for free commerce with all nations; political connection with none; and little or no diplomatic establishment |
I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our Revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them. |
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. |
I belong to America. |