“Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.”
George Washington
Tags: Dangerous | Eloquent | Fearful | Fire | Force | Government | Master | Reason | Servant
Topics: Government
60% of people like this quote
George Washington
Author details
Related authors
Other George Washington Quotes
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
George Washington
87% of people like this quote
My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.
George Washington
84% of people like this quote
Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.
George Washington
75% of people like this quote
Firearms are second only to the Constitution in importance; they are the peoples' liberty's teeth.
George Washington
62% of people like this quote