{"id":182532,"date":"2024-08-19T09:50:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T16:50:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=182532"},"modified":"2024-08-19T13:35:05","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T20:35:05","slug":"a-bit-of-wisdom-from-george-washington-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=182532","title":{"rendered":"A Bit of Wisdom from George Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mount Vernon, VA&#8230;.George Washington, February 22, 1732 \u2013 December 14, 1799.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.&#8221;<br \/>\nGeorge Washington<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/hewn.co\/product\/washington-free-speech-quote-sign\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240819_090710143_HDR.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-182533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240819_090710143_HDR.jpg 640w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240819_090710143_HDR-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240819_090710143_HDR-119x89.jpg 119w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/IMG_20240819_090710143_HDR-570x428.jpg 570w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>George Washington had pretty strong ideas on the value of free speech.\u00a0 In fact his quote pretty much says it all.\u00a0 &#8220;If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter.&#8221;<br \/>\nGeorge Washington<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/hewn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WashingtonFreeSpeechSign-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-952\" src=\"http:\/\/hewn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/WashingtonFreeSpeechSign-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This sign is the first in Hewn&#8217;s &#8220;Founding Fathers&#8221; 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