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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 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

Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.

- George Washington

Give me liberty or give me death.

It is impossible to govern the world without God. It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the Providence of Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits and humbly implore his protection and favor.

- George Washington

The future of this nation depends on the Christian training of our youth.

- George Washington

I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious. Government big enough to supply everything you need is big enough to take everything you have ... The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases. The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first.

- Thomas Jefferson

RayAmerica says

I think myself that we have more machinery of government than is necessary, too many parasites living on the labor of the industrious.

- Thomas Jefferson

Ironic that Jefferson was a slave owner.

HeadSet says

Ironic that Jefferson was a slave owner.

They weren't perfect, no one is. Also, I think we need to remember not to throw out the baby with the bath water.

But if the laws are to be so trampled upon with impunity, and a minority is to dictate to the majority, there is an end put at one stroke to republican government, and nothing but anarchy and confusion is to be expected thereafter.

-George Washington

George Washington (1851). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.216

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