George Washington

“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”
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“Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.”
“I drink to make other people more interesting.”
“Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them.”
“Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country – and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.”
“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.”
“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
“A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
“The best defense against usurpatory government is an assertive citizenry.”
“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.”
“We have seen the state of our union in the endurance of rescuers working past exhaustion. We’ve seen the unfurling of flags, the lighting of candles, the giving of blood, the saying of prayers in English, Hebrew, and Arabic. We have seen the decency of a loving and giving people who have made the grief of strangers their own.”