"My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and..." - Quote by George Washington
My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.
More by George Washington
“We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.”
“Like as a wise man in time of peace prepares for war.”
“The United States enjoy a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for.”
More on Freedom
“Every member of the society spies on the rest, and it is his duty to inform against them. All are slaves and equal in their slavery... The great thing about it is equality... Slaves are bound to be equal.”
“If you want money more than anything, you'll be bought and sold your whole life.”
“Some who are too scrupulous to steal your possessions nevertheless see no wrong in tampering with your thoughts.”
More on Oppression
“The seed of revolution is repression.”
“A special form of misery had begun to oppress him of late. There was nothing poignant, nothing acute about it; but there was a feeling of permanence, of eternity about it; it brought a foretaste of hopeless years of this cold leaden misery, a foretaste of an eternity "on a square yard of space.”
“It is incorrect to classify the revolt of the Negro as simply a radical conflict of black against white or as a purely American problem. Rather, we are today seeing a global rebellion of the oppressed against the oppressor, the exploited against the exploiter.”