Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the best calculated for their own good without the intervention of a coercive power

Quote by George Washington

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I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right...

I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried...

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian...

The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian...

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is...

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors,...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free...

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free...

An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions...

An army of asses led by a lion is better than an army of lions...

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

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

Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.

Ninety-nine percent of all failures come from people who have a habit of making excuses.

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is...

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is...

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by...

Avoiding likewise the accumulation of debt, not only by shunning occasions of expense, but by...

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a...

Some day, following the example of the United States of America, there will be a...

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one...

It is not the style of clothes one wears, neither the kind of automobile one...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

In the appointments to the great offices of the government, my aim has been to...

All I am I owe to my mother.

All I am I owe to my mother.

God could not be everywhere and therefore He made mothers.

God could not be everywhere and therefore He made mothers.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.

Life began with waking up and loving my mother's face.