Autocracy Quote by Jake Auchincloss

Washington's character was rock solid. He came to stand for the new nation and its republican virtues, which was why he became our first…

— Stephen Ambrose

Washington was a man of exceptional, almost excessive self-command, rarely permitting himself any show of discouragement or despair.

— David McCullough

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

“As we look over the list of the early leaders of the republic, Washington, John Adams, Hamilton, and others, we discern that they were…

— James Truslow Adams

I do believe that General Washington had not a firm confidence in the durability of our government. He was naturally distrustful of men, and…

— Thomas Jefferson

From the hindsight of history George Washington seems larger than life, more statuesque than man. Too bad! Washington's greatness as a leader was courage…

— John Baldoni

Washington had performed his role to perfection. It was no enough that a leader look the part; by Washington's rules, he must know how…

— David McCullough

If Washington were President now, he would have to learn our ways or lose his next election. Only fools and theorists imagine that our…

— Henry Adams

More than all, and above all, [George] Washington was master of himself. If there be one quality more than another in his character which…

— Charles Francis Adams, Sr

“It is worthy to note, that the early popularity of Washington was not the result of brilliant achievement nor signal success; on the contrary,…

— Washington Irving

Democracy as a system has evolved into something that Thomas Jefferson didn't anticipate.

— Hunter S. Thompson

Washington, one feels in Washington, is the spoiled child of the republic.

— Montgomery Schuyler