My movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in…

Quote by George Washington

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The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean...

The foolish and wicked practice of profane cursing and swearing is a vice so mean...

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe...

My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe...

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.

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.

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

I know of no pursuit in which more real and important services can be rendered...

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves...

Experience teaches us that it is much easier to prevent an enemy from posting themselves...

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my...

Lenience will operate with greater force, in some instances than rigor. It is therefore my...

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and...

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

When you can do the common things of life in an uncommon way, you will...

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...

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish...

War - An act of violence whose object is to constrain the enemy, to accomplish...

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,...

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

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

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

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

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government

The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government

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....

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are...

God is the perfect poet.

God is the perfect poet.

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

American women expect to find in their husbands a perfection that English women only hope...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to...

Politics ruins the character.

Politics ruins the character.