Addresses Quote by David Barton

Washington's address is virtually unknown today and has not been seen in most American history textbooks in nearly four decades. Perhaps it is because…

— David Barton

But in his Farewell Address, George Washington made it clear that he perceived no greater threat to the American experiment than a partisan demagogue…

— John Avlon

“In editing a volume of Washington 's private letters for the Long Island Historical Society, I have been much impressed by indications that this…

— Moncure D. Conway

“Like the classic it has become, the Farewell Address has demonstrated the capacity to assume different shapes in different eras, to change color, if…

— Joseph J. Ellis

“When the clergy addressed General Washington on his departure from the government, it was observed in their consultation that he had never on any…

— Thomas Jefferson

I have just repeated word for word the oath taken by George Washington 200 years ago, and the Bible on which I placed my…

— George H. W. Bush

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

— George Washington

No one has died from giving a bad presentation. Well, at least one person did, President William Henry Harrison, but he developed pneumonia after…

— Scott Berkun

You have this kind of cross between abandonment and savior, and I think it's going to show that how a government as powerful as…

— Stanley Greene

“Thousands of persons, many of whom never darkened the door of a college, have learned to read books that most of our college graduates…

— Stringfellow Barr

“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

“Efforts to remove the Christian faith from subjects like American history distort the content of the subject. Just as wrong is the idea that…

— Ronald H. Nash