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Government Quotes - Page 239

Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last.

Democratical States must always feel before they can see: it is this that makes their Governments slow, but the people will be right at last.

George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.22, Rowman & Littlefield

The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government be exemplified by all the attributes which can win the affections of its citizens, and command the respect of the world.

United States. President, George Washington, United States (1825). “The speeches, addresses and messages, of the several presidents of the United States, at the openings of Congress and at their respective inaugurations: Also, the Declaration of independence, the Constitution of the United States, and Washington's farewell address to his fellow-citizens”, p.32

The exact measure of the progress of civilization is the degree in which the intelligence of the common mind has prevailed over wealth and brute force.

"Literary and Historical Miscellanies". "The Office of the People in Art, Government and Religion", pp. 426-427. Book by George Bancroft, 1855.

Traditionally, Africans hate governments. They hate tyranny.

"Africa's cheetahs versus hippos". TED Talk, www.ted.com. June 2007.

The revolutionary government is the despotism of liberty against tyranny

Georg Buchner, Howard Brenton (2013). “Danton's Death”, p.17, A&C Black