George Washington

George Washington

"We sainted St. Tammany (King Tamanend III) because he embodied moral perfection and every divine qualification that a deity could possess. I hold him in higher esteem than the saints of the Roman Catholic Church. He'll forever be the patron saint of America."
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"We sainted St. Tammany (King Tamanend III) because he embodied moral perfection and every divine qualification that a deity could possess. I hold him in higher esteem than the saints of the Roman Catholic Church. He'll forever be the patron saint of America."
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"“It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders.”"
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"“We sainted St. Tammany (King Tamanend III) because he embodied moral perfection and every divine qualification that a deity could possess. I hold him in higher esteem than the saints of the Roman Catholic Church. He'll forever be the patron saint of America.”"
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"A primary object should be the education of our youth in the science of government. In a republic, what species of knowledge can be equally important? And what duty more pressing than communicating it to those who are to be the future guardians of the liberties of the country?"
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"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
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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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"Laws made by common consent must not be trampled on by individuals."
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"It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company."
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"Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company."
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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."
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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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"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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"The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government."
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"Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government."
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"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence."
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"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation."
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"Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."
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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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"Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains to bring it to light."
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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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