"It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible." ― George Washington Topic(s): God More From George Washington "Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master." "The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments." "Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness." More In God "All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come."― Victor Hugo "You can safely assume that you’ve created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do."― Anne Lamott "There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women."― Muhammad Ali Jinnah