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More Quotes by George Washington
The power under the Constitution will always be in the people.
A pack of jackasses led by a lion is superior to a pack of lions led by a jackass.
Truth will ultimately prevail where there is pains taken to bring it to light.
However [political parties] may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people and to usurp for themselves the reins of government, destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Oh, eternal and everlasting God, direct my thoughts, words and work. Wash away my sins in the immaculate blood of the Lamb and purge my heart by Thy Holy Spirit. Daily, frame me more and more in the likeness of Thy son, Jesus Christ, that living in Thy fear, and dying in Thy favor, I may in thy appointed time obtain the resurrection of the justified unto eternal life. Bless, O Lord, the whole race of mankind and let the world be filled with the knowledge of Thee and Thy son, Jesus Christ.
What is most important of this grand experiment, the United States? Not the election of the first president but the election of its second president. The peaceful transition of power is what will separate this country from every other country in the world.
Occupants of public offices love power and are prone to abuse it.
Honesty is always the best policy.
When there is no vision, there is no hope.
Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.