George w Quote by Andrew Guzaldo

George Washington might have become our king, but chose not to. His governing idea was that government is our servant because we are inherently…

— Dick Armey

“It was Plutarch, you know, and nothing intrinsically American that prevented George Washington being a King...”

— H.G. Wells

Once George Washington said, "I have to step down the so the country can move on."

— Lin-Manuel Miranda

“Mr. President; give me back my country. Allow people to have their humanity. If you do not do this, history will never absolve you!”

— Nilantha Ilangamuwa

“George Washington famously warned against ... 'ungenerously throwing upon posterity the burden which we ourselves ought to bear”

— George Washington

“It is no accident, then, that each of our major wars has served to enhance the power of government in Washington: the Civil War,…

— Edward S. Greenberg

“History can only hurt us if we let it.”

— Louise Douglas

“We grow justly weary of our politics. But we must remember this: Politics - in all its grubby, grasping, corrupt, contemptible manifestations - is…

— Charles Krauthammer

“History is full of people who out of fear or ignorance or the lust for power have destroyed treasures of immeasurable value which truly…

— Carl Sagan

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

— George Washington

“History does not long entrust the care of freedom to the weak or timid.”

— Anonymous

“Until Washington crossed the Delaware, the triumph of the old order seemed inevitable. Thereafter, things would never be the same again.”

— David Hackett Fischer