George Washington Quotes

• 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

  Freedom, Taken, Fire

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• 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

  Doctrine, World, Littles

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• Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself.

  George Washington

  Gun, Fake, Second Amendment

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• Be Americans. Let there be no sectionalism, no North, South, East or West. You are all dependent on one another and should be one in union. In one word, be a nation. Be Americans, and be true to yourselves.

  George Washington

  Unions, West, East

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• A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.

  George Washington

  Lions, Jackasses, Packs

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• 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

  Government, Law, Confusion

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

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• Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.

  George Washington

  Money, Power, Office

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

  George Washington

  Christian, Training, Youth

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• All Freemasonry should be disbanded in America because our organization has been infiltrated by the Illuminati and they have bad intention for America and the World.

  George Washington

  Organization, America, World

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• 99% of failures come from people who make excuses.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, People, Excuse

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• Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

  George Washington

  4th Of July, Claims, Tribute

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• However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.

  George Washington

  Party, Men, People

  George Washington (1989). “Maxims of George Washington: Political, Military, Social, Moral, and Religious”, Mount Vernon Ladies Assn of the

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• Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ.

  George Washington

  Bible, God, Religious

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• If ever again our nation stumbles upon unfunded paper, it shall surely be like death to our body politic. This country will crash.

  George Washington

  Country, Paper, Body

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• The last official act of any government is to loot the treasury.

  George Washington

  Government, Lasts, Treasury

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• When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.

  George Washington

  Mind, President, Stories

  George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.227

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• Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.

  George Washington

  Truth, Pain, Inspiration

  "The Real George Washington".

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• Make sure you are doing what God wants you to do--then do it with all your strength.

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Strength, Christian

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• One's god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all non-Christian systems of law self-destruct in a fit of tyranny.

  George Washington

  Christian, Gun, Self

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• Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?

  George Washington

  Country, Men, Ability

  George Washington, John Clement Fitzpatrick, David Maydole Matteson, United States George Washington Bicentennial Commission (1779). “The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources, 1745-1799”, p.301

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• I am sure that never was a people, who had more reason to acknowledge a Divine interposition in their affairs, than those of the United States; and I should be pained to believe that they have forgotten that agency, which was so often manifested during our Revolution, or that they failed to consider the omnipotence of that God who is alone able to protect them.

  George Washington

  Christian, Believe, Omnipotence

  George Washington (1837). “Speeches and messages to Congress, proclamations, and addresses”, p.403

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• There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.

  George Washington

  Peace, War, Enemy

  George Washington (1855). “Maxims of Washington: Political, Social, Moral, and Religious”, p.102

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• The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.

  George Washington

  Patience, Inspiration, 4th Of July

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

  George Washington

  Inspirational, Success, Rights

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• Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble.

  George Washington

  Motivational, Inspiration, 4th Of July

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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