Washington, George
It is the child of avarice, the brother of iniquity, and the father of mischief.
- Washington, George
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
- Washington, George
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence - it is force.
- Washington, George
Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth.
- Washington, George
There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the enemy.
- Washington, George
My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth.
- Washington, George

