Quote DB
Tweet
Links
Contact Us
Quotes to your Site
Quote DB
Authors
Categories
Speeches
My Quote List
�
Add Quotes to Your Site - Quote Generator
add
quote of the day
,
random quotes
or by topic (e.g.
funny quotes
)
Quote DB
::
Authors
::
George Washington
:: View Quote
View Quote
"The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments." -
Copy to Clipboard
--
George Washington
Listed in:
Government
Add Quote To Your Quote List
Rating:
4.14
Rate Quote
7 votes submitted
Your Name:
Friend's Email:
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."
"Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
"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."
"As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that all those who conduct themselves as worthy members of the community are equally entitled to the protections of civil government. I hope ever to see America among the foremost nations of justice and liberality."
Top 5 quotes from Government
"When dictatorship is a fact, revolution becomes a right."
"The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry."
"There are men in all ages who mean to govern well, but they mean to govern. They promise to be good masters, but they mean to be masters."
"Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice: all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things."
"Egalitarians create the most dangerous inequality of all -- inequality of power. Allowing politicians to determine what all other human beings will be allowed to earn is one of the most reckless gambles imaginable. Like the income tax, it may start off being applied only to the rich but it will inevitably reach us all."
Quote DB
|
Authors
|
Categories
|
Speeches
|
My Quote List
� Copyright QuoteDB.com
|
privacy
Get a Quote
in your email every day!
We respect your privacy.
You can unsubscribe at any time.
Get a random quote daily in your email!