Where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts the oaths . . . ? — George Washington Copy Share Image
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence.... From the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Let it simply be asked where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation deserts… — George Washington Copy Share Image
This Government, the offspring of your own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its… — George Washington Copy Share Image
The art of war is at once comprehensive and complicated; ... it demands much previous study; and ... the possession of it,… — George Washington Copy Share Image
To the security of a free Constitution it [knowledge] contributes in various ways: by teaching the people themselves to know and to… — George Washington Copy Share Image
If the minority, and a small one too, is suffered to dictate to the majority, after measures have undergone the most solemn… — George Washington Copy Share Image
As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. — 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
We ought not to look back, unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting… — 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