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==Quotes from George Washington==
==Quotes from George Washington==
*Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.
*The freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter. (To THE OFFICERS OF THE ARMY, Head Quarters, Newburgh, March 15, 1783, from ''The writings of George Washington from the original manuscript sources, '' ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, (Washington: U.S. GPO, 1931-1944)26: 224
*If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.
*Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that National morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle. ("FAREWELL ADDRESS" in ''Writings,'' 35:229.
*The government of the United States is not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion
*There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily. (To THE SECRETARY OF STATE in ''Writings,''34:266.
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