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Quotation from The Newburgh Address by George Washington
“reason is of no use to us—the freedom of Speech may be taken away—and, dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter.”
The Newburgh Address, Paragraph 7 (Mount Vernon transcript of the manuscript)
Washington affirms that men must be free to give their opinions on serious matters, even while he objects to the anonymous paper's method.
Citation: "reason is of no use to us—the freedom of Speech may be taken away—and, dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter." — George Washington, The Newburgh Address, Paragraph 7 (Mount Vernon transcript of the manuscript). (id newburgh-address-q3)
Portrait: George Washington, Gilbert Stuart, Public domain.
