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• To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
  -- George Washington (1732-1799)...
• To disarm the people... was the best and most effectual way to enslave them.
  -- George Mason, speech of June 14, 1788...
• To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
  -- Henry Lee (1756-1816) -- Memoirs of Lee, Eulogy on Washington, Dec. 26, 1799...
• Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force
  like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master....
• Make love, not war; be prepared for both.
• George Washington was first in war, first in peace -- and the first to have his birthday juggled to make a long weekend.
  -- Ashley Coope...