"The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves." ― George Washington Topic(s): Men More From George Washington "There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate, upon real favors from nation to nation. It is an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard." "My first wish is to see this plague of mankind, war, banished from the earth." "The administration of justice is the firmest pillar of government." More In Men "‘Men have forgotten this truth,’ said the fox. ‘But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.’"― Antoine de Saint-Exupery "With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost."― William Lloyd Garrison "Men, like nails, lose their usefulness when they lose their direction and begin to bend."― Walter Savage Landor