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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My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a...

My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a...

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand...

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand...

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government

Influence is no Government

Influence is no Government

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

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

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...

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that...

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that...

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish Government,...

Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing...

Experience is the surest standard by which to test the real tendency of the existing...

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

It is far better to be alone, than to be in bad company.

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...

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.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks...

True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks...

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department...

No man is a warmer advocate for proper restraints and wholesome checks in every department...

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...

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

Majority rule only works if you're also considering individual rights. Because you can't have five...

The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax...

The income tax is a twentieth-century socialist experiment that has failed. Before the income tax...

Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the...

Of all the inventions that have helped to unify China perhaps the airplane is the...