"Government is at best a petulant servant..." - Quote by George Washington

“To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.”

“Where are our Men of abilities? Why do they not come forth to save their Country?”

“Merit rarely goes unrewarded.”

“Life under a good government is rarely dramatic; life under a bad government is always so.”

“Socialism would gather all power tothe supreme party and party leaders,rising like stately pinnaclesabove their vast bureaucracies ofcivil servants no longer servants, no longer civil.”

“The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments.”

“I have long been convinced that the idea of liberty is abhorrent to most human beings. What they want is security, not freedom. Thus it seldom causes any public indignation when an enterprising tyrant claps down on one of his enemies. To most men it seems a natural proceeding.”

“In the absence of justice, what is sovereignty but organized robbery?”

“A tyranny based on ... deception and maintained by terror must inevitably perish from the poison it generates within itself.”