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Quote DB :: Authors :: George Washington :: View Quote View Quote "Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth." - Copy to Clipboard   --  George Washington Listed in: Liberty Add Quote To Your Quote List   Rating: 4.33  Rate Quote 9 votes submitted Your Name: Friend's Email: Sponsored Links Top 5 quotes from George Washington "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness." "Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company." "The Nation which indulges toward another an habitual hatred or an habitual fondness is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest." "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." "Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation." Top 5 quotes from Liberty "Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel." "The people are their own liberators." "Any society that would give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both." "If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

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