In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude. Every man will speak as he thinks, or, more properly, without thinking, and consequently will judge of effects without attending to their causes.
George WashingtonThere is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily
George WashingtonLet us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.
George WashingtonThe prospect, that a good general government will in all human probability be soon established in America, affords me more substantial satisfaction; than I have ever before derived from any political event. Because there is a rational ground for believing that not only the happiness of my own countrymen, but that of mankind in general, will be promoted by it.
George Washington