The power of making war often prevents it, and in our case would give efficacy to our desire of peace

Quote by George Washington

Topics: War Quotes

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...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome...

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...

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 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...

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason...

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason...

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...

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us...

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.

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...

George washington said We would have a black president when pigs fly!... well, swine flu.

George washington said We would have a black president when pigs fly!... well, swine flu.

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,...

Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to...

Avoiding occasions of expense by cultivating peace, we should remember also that timely disbursements to...

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness

Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness

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...

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in...

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that Thou wilt keep the United States in...

(Liberty) is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to...

(Liberty) is indeed little less than a name, where the Government is too feeble to...

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control...

The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against...

The liberties of our country, the freedom of our civil constitution, are worth defending against...