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The following expressed words of
George Washington (1732 to
1799)
characterize America's first
president, revolutionary war military leader, and
founding father . . . as a Great American Patriot.
It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.
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If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
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Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
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How soon we forget history... Government is not reason. Government is not eloquence. It is force. And, like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.
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