Character Quote by Daniel Webster

In my idea General Washington is the greatest man; for I look upon him as the most virtuous.

— Marquis de Lafayette

Whoever would understand the character of Washington, in all its compass and grandeur, must learn it from his own writings, and from a complete…

— Jared Sparks

I certainly keep my eye on Washington all the time because often life is stranger than fiction.

— Beau Willimon

Measured by any standard, white or black, Washington must be regarded today as one of the great men of this country: and in the…

— Ray Stannard Baker

First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen, President George Washington was second to none in humble and…

— Henry Lee III

I have commenced my auspicious reign and am in quiet possession of the Presidential Mansion... this winter I intend to do something in the…

— Julia Gardiner Tyler

“In Washington...the appearance of power is therefore almost as important as the reality of it. In fact, the appearance is frequently its essential reality”

— Henry Kissinger

“never liked the atmosphere of Washington. I early saw that it was impossible to build up a race of which the leaders were spending…

— Booker T. Washington

For more than eight decades, Washington has been my hometown. ... It is a city that offers me more people -- more different kinds…

— Katharine Graham

Washington's is the mightiest name of earth - long since mightiest in the cause of civil liberty; still mightiest in moral reformation. On that…

— Abraham Lincoln

... anything so delightful as Washington I have never seen elsewhere. There were a mingled simplicity and grandeur, a mingled state and quiet intimacy,…

— M. E. W. Sherwood

Washington possessed the superb self-confidence that comes only to men whose inner life is faint, for the inner life is full of nameless doubts.

— William E. Woodward