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• Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force
  like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master....
• To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
  -- George Washington (1732-1799) -- Speech to both Houses of Congress, Jan. 8, 1790...
• Let us go forth not as defenders of the status quo, but as crusaders with a revolution idea - that government should be the servant and not the master of the people
  hat its purpose is to protect, not deny, each man's freedom...
• If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
  -- George Washingto...
• The citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for having given to mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy--a policy worthy of imitation.
  All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship....
• The conclusions seem inescapable that in certain circles a tendency has arisen to fear people who fear government.
  Government, as the Father of Our Country put it so well, is a dangerous servant and a fearful master....
• One reason why George Washington Is held in such veneratio
  He never blamed his problems On the former Administration. -- George O. Ludcke...