“Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”
—George Washington
I love that quote. We are of like minds.
I love that quote. We are of like minds.
Quoteinvestigator is skeptical:
"Several researchers have attempted to trace this saying, and no substantive evidence supporting the ascription to George Washington has yet been located. The earliest linkage to Washington appeared in “The Christian Science Journal” in 1902 which was more than one hundred years after his death."