Friday, May 07, 2010

Presidential Wisdom


Some great ideas to ponder from our first President, George Washington.

It may be laid down as a primary position, and the basis of our system, that every Citizen who enjoys the protection of a Free Government, owes not only a proportion of his property, but even of his personal services to the defense of it.

Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.

It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.