Liberty is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to withstand the enterprises of faction, to confine… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Government is at best a petulant servant and at worst a tyrannical master. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“Hence, likewise, they will avoid the necessity of those overgrown military establishments, which, under any form of government, are inauspicious to liberty,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let me now warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party. The common and… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed toward the organization and administration… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Republicanism is not the phantom of a deluded imagination. On the contrary, laws, under no form of government, are better supported, liberty… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in Thy holy protection; that Thou wilt incline… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The unity of government which constitutes you one people is also now dear to you. It is justly so, for it is… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. — George Washington Copy Share Image
Impressed with a conviction that the due administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good Government, I have considered the first… — George Washington Copy Share Image
I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of… — George Washington Copy Share Image
History and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government. — George Washington Copy Share Image
I shall take my present leave - but not without resorting once more to the benign Parent of the Human Race in… — George Washington Copy Share Image
There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
It is absolutely necessary... for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The turning points of lives are not the great moments. The real crises are often concealed in occurrences so trivial in appearance that they… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The propitious smiles of Heaven, can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right, which Heaven itself… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars. — George Washington Copy Share Image
The blessed Religion revealed in the word of God will remain an eternal and awful monument to prove that the best Institution may be… — George Washington Copy Share Image
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering that God… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Among many other weighty objections to the Measure, it has been suggested, that it has a tendency to introduce religious disputes into the Army,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected… — George Washington Copy Share Image
A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions. — George Washington Copy Share Image
