America was targeted for attack because we are the brightest beacon for freedom and opportunity in the world, and no one will keep that light from shining. (Quote by - George W. Bush)

I die hard but am not afraid to go. (Quote by - George Washington)

The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered ... deeply, ... finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hands of the American people. (Quote by - George Washington)

Over grown military establishments are under any form of government inauspicious to liberty, and are to be regarded as particularly hostile to republican liberty. (Quote by - George Washington)

I attribute my success in life to the moral, intellectual and physical education which I received from my mother. (Quote by - George Washington)

Our country's honor calls upon us for a vigorous and manly exertion; and if we now shamefully fail, we shall become infamous to the whole world. (Quote by - George Washington)

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace. (Quote by - George Washington)

To err is natural; to rectify error is glory. (Quote by - George Washington)

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. (Quote by - George Washington)

Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable, procures success to the weak, and esteem to all. (Quote by - George Washington)

I go to the chair of government with feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to the place of his execution. (Quote by - George Washington)

We ought to be persuaded that the propitious smiles of heaven can never be expected on a nation that disregards the eternal rules of order and right which heaven itself has ordained. (Quote by - George Washington)

One of his officers, Henry Lee, summed up contemporary public opinion of Washington: First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen. (Quote by - George Washington)

If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter. (Quote by - George Washington)

We ought not to look back unless it is to derive useful lessons from past errors, and for the purpose of profiting by dear-bought experience. (Quote by - George Washington)

I know [patriotism] exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward. (Quote by - George Washington)

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. (Quote by - George Washington)

True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation. (Quote by - George Washington)

The Nation's first chief executive took his oath of office in April in New York City on the balcony of the Senate Chamber at Federal Hall on Wall Street. General Washington had been unanimously elected President by the first electoral college, and John Ad (Quote by - George Washington)