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Originally Posted by Heibges
D'oh! AL was already busting my haggards over it, and I was going to change it.  |
That's okay. One of my favorites is "Government is not reason. It is not eloquence. it is force! Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master".
I originally heard it attributed to George Washington, and took it at face value. Some time later I was using it, and someone challenged me to show where he was actually quoted as saying (or writing) that. I couldn't find a direct quote after months of searching, and these days if I use it I always quote it as "attributed to George Washington, but unverified".
