"If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter."
― George Washington
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Freedom
― George Washington
More From George Washington
- "Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."
- "We should not look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dearly bought experience."
- "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master."
More In Freedom
- "Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility."― Sigmund Freud
- "America’s greatness has been the greatness of a free people who shared certain moral commitments. Freedom without moral commitment is aimless and promptly self-destructive."― John W. Gardner
- "I take life as it happens. And I give myself a lot of freedom."― Jean Paul Gaultier