George Washington Quotes On Liberty

George washington quotes on government war liberty and freedom if freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led like sheep to the slaughter the united states came into existence as a nation and if their citizens should not be completely free and happy the fault will be entirely their own. A just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. Being his correspondence addresses messages and other papers official and private p 202 while we are contending for our own liberty we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others ever considering that god alone is the judge of the hearts of men and to him only in this case are.