Freedom Quotes by George Washington

A free people ought...to be armed

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberty.

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

To place any dependence upon militia, is, assuredly, resting upon a broken staff.

— George Washington

The independence and liberty you possess are the work of joint efforts and common dangers, sufferings, and successes.

— George Washington

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

— George Washington

Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their…

— George Washington

“Individuals entering into society, must give up a share of liberty to preserve the rest.”

— George Washington

In disputes, be not so desirous to overcome as to not give liberty to each one to deliver his opinion and submit…

— George Washington

The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged…

— George Washington

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the Republican model of Government, are justly considered as deeply,…

— George Washington

While I reiterate the professions of my dependence upon Heaven... I will observe that... no man who is profligate in his morals...…

— George Washington

'A free people ought only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of…

— George Washington

While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering…

— George Washington

Liberty is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine…

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

It is important, likewise, that the habits of thinking in a free Country should inspire caution in those entrusted with its administration,…

— George Washington

This Government, the offspring of your own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its…

— George Washington

To the security of a free Constitution it [knowledge] contributes in various ways: by teaching the people themselves to know and to…

— George Washington

There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep…

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

By an ambitious chieftain, aiming only to aggrandize himself and establish his power, the subject might have been regarded in a different…

— George Washington

I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which,…

— George Washington

[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend.…

— George Washington

My fervent supplications to that Almighty Being who rules over the universe; who presides in the councils of nations; and whose providential…

— George Washington

“The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a…

— George Washington

Upon the decease [of] my wife, it is my Will and desire th[at] all the Slaves which I hold in [my] own…

— George Washington

“Our cruel and unrelenting Enemy leaves us no choice but a brave resistance, or the most abject submission; this is all we…

— George Washington

'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence…

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

They will avoid ... those Overgrown Military establishements which ... are ... particularly hostile to Republican liberty.

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

— George Washington

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

— George Washington

“no punishment, in my opinion, is too great, for the man who can build his greatness upon his country's ruin”

— George Washington

Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are fighting for the blessings of liberty.

— George Washington

Liberty, when it degrades into licentiousness, begets confusion, and frequently ends in tyranny or some woeful confusion.

— George Washington

Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can't have one without the other.

— George Washington