Liberty, when it degrades into licentiousness, begets confusion, and frequently ends in tyranny or some woeful confusion.
George WashingtonLet your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
George WashingtonA slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends.
George WashingtonBecause of this ever increasing discernment of the true Mason he/she will find more efficient ways to apply brotherly love, relief and truth.
George WashingtonA 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.
George Washington