Influence is no Government.

Quote by George Washington

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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

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

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

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,...

Mankind when left to themselves, are unfit for their own Government.

Mankind when left to themselves, are unfit for their own Government.

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,...

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,...

All I am I owe to my mother.

All I am I owe to my mother.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.

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...

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

Experience has taught us that men will not adopt and carry into execution measures the...

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may...

I walk on untrodden ground. There is scarcely any part of my conduct which may...

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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...

Make the most of the hemp, seed and sow it everywhere.

Make the most of the hemp, seed and sow it everywhere.

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...

I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest....

I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest....

Go back to bed, America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go...

Go back to bed, America, your government has figured out how it all transpired. Go...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

I hope we shall take warning from the example of England and crush in its...

Government [is] operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the...

Government [is] operated by deeply embedded, hopelessly entangled bureaus where nothing is accomplished because the...