| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 679 |
| AUTHOR: | George Washington (1732–99) |
| QUOTATION: | For if Men are to be precluded from offering their Sentiments on a matter, which may involve the most serious and alarming consequences, that can invite the consideration of Mankind, reason is of no use to us; the freedom of Speech may be taken away, and, dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | General GEORGE WASHINGTON, address to the officers of the army, Newburgh, New York, March 15, 1783.—The Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, vol. 26, p. 225 (1938). |
| SUBJECTS: | Freedom of speech |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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