#men

I work hard for the audience. It's entertainment. I don't need validation. ↗

#entertainment #hard #i #need #validation

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. ↗

— George Washington

#burdens #governments #history #laid #marvel

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for it is better to be alone than in bad company. ↗

— George Washington

#associate #bad #better #company #esteem

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. ↗

— George Washington

#free #free men #hand #men #must

If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. ↗

— George Washington

#avoid #desire #instruments #insult #known

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. ↗

— George Washington

#establishments #form #government #grown #hostile

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government. ↗

— George Washington

#left #mankind #own #their #themselves

A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that actions, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment of friends. ↗

— George Washington

#actions #attachment #convince #criterion #every

The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. ↗

— George Washington

#basis #constitutions #government #make #our

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. ↗