More from George Washington

  1. Washington's appointments, when president, were made with a view to gather all the talent of the country in support of the national governm…
  2. I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
  3. George Washington is one of the beacons placed at intervals along the highroad of history.
  4. Eternity alone can reveal to the human race its debt of gratitude to the peerless and immortal name of Washington.
  5. '[Washington was] a total stranger to religious prejudices, which have so often excited Christians of one denomination to cut the throats o…
  6. His excellency General Washington has arrived amoungst us, universally admired. Joy was visable on every countenance.
  7. We cannot imagine an Eisenhower, a Pershing, a Lee, dancing with joy on a dock, but Washington did it.
  8. If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world.

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