"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."
― George Washington
Topic(s):
Power
― George Washington
More From George Washington
- "Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all."
- "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
- "It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it."
More In Power
- "I am more and more convinced that man is a dangerous creature and that power, whether vested in many or a few, is ever grasping, and like the grave, cries, ‘Give, give.’"― Abigail Adams
- "The power to question is the basis of all human progress."― Indira Gandhi
- "I pretty much ignored politics all through my 20’s and 30’s… I had other things on my mind… the band, finding a meaningful relationship, getting enough money to eat and pay the rent."― Mark Edwards