4 George Washington Quotes on Admiration

George Washington quotes on admiration

144. His excellency General Washington has arrived amoungst us, universally admired. Joy was visable on every countenance.

154. On the whole, his character was, in its mass, perfect, in nothing bad, in few points indifferent; and it may truly be said, that never did nature and fortune combine more perfectly to make a man great, and to place him in the same constellation with whatever worthies have merited from man an everlasting remembrance. ... These are my opinions of General Washington, which I would vouch at the judgment seat of God, having been formed on an acquaintance of thirty years...

156. First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.

158. Had Washington been born in the days of idolatry, he would be worshiped as a god. If there are spots on his characters, they are like spots on the sun, only discernible by the magnifying powers of a telescope.