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“Washington, Franklin, Madison, Hamilton, Adams, and Jefferson had imagined the American experiment coming to all sorts of bad ends. They never imagined the Federal…

— Walter A. McDougall

“In truth, the situation was worse than they realized, and no one perceived this as clearly as Washington. Seeing things as they were, and…

— David McCullough

“Washington had not even one pipeline into official circles of enemy capitals; they could not even estimate what the potential aggressor was thinking or…

— T. R. Fehrenbach

Washington, not Jefferson, freed his slaves upon his death.

— Stephen Ambrose

“And when they were elected, they arrived in Washington with absolutely no idea what to do. Their only goal had already been achieved: They…

— David Baldacci

“We hated not knowing something. We hated not knowing who was going to walk Spanish down the hall. How would our bills get paid?…

— Joshua Ferris

“These facts about today’s political climate in the United States, and what they imply, would have horrified Jefferson, Washington, Madison, Adams and all their…

— Richard Dawkins

“But no one knows anything about you, and Washington keeps telling everyone you are what you say you are. That's impossible. No one here…

— Pirate Lanford

“Just because they didn't know they were killing human beings doesn't mean they weren't killing human beings.”

— Orson Scott Card

“Taking on Washington was the fastest way to commit political suicide in the revolutionary era.”

— Joseph J. Ellis

“In addition, it seemed unlikely that one nation could govern an entire continent. The distances were just too great. A critical fact in the…

— Stephen E. Ambrose

“Sometimes it seems that those with the greatest disregard for our laws are the same people in charge of creating or enforcing them.”

— Steve Maraboli