Addresses Quote by 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

“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

“The nation’s leaders keep throwing out the word “Washington” as a vulgar abstraction. Nothing new here: the anti-Washington reflex in American politics has been…

— Mark Leibovich

The Founders didn't mention political parties when they wrote the Constitution, and George Washington in essence warned us against them in his Farewell Address.

— Marianne Williamson

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

There is a gentle absurdity about Washington, D.C., and it is easy to develop affection for the place, if you can forget that the…

— Linda Ellerbee

Where Washington hath left His awful memory A light for after times!

— Robert Southey

“ Washington , like most scholarly Virginians of his time, was a Deist ... Contemporary evidence shows that in mature life Washington was a…

— Moncure D. Conway

“When he came off the podium after delivering his address, he kept repeating, “Nobody will forget this speech.” George W. Bush, on the dais,…

— Michael Wolff

America has furnished to the world the character of Washington. And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled…

— Daniel Webster

Americans need a reminder on why Washington is the greatest leader of the modern world and an exemplar for anyone who is in charge…

— Jake Auchincloss

There are a number of things wrong with Washington. One of them is that everyone is too far from home.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower