Quotes worth remembering from George Washington

George Washington

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

“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.”

“Human happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.” 

“I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.”