George Washington

George Washington was the Commander in Chief of American forces in the American Revolutionary War, and 1st President of the United States .  In 1787, he presided over the Constitutional Convention that drafted the United States Constitution.

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."

"Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism."

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

"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."

"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."

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

"When firearms go, all goes.  We need them every hour."

"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves."

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