George Washington

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. ”

My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth. ”

Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. ”

Worry is the interest paid by those who borrow trouble. ”

Friendship is a plant of slow growth and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. ”

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another. ”

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country. ”

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. ”

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. ”

It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being. ”