Doubt Quote by John Baldoni

You think of George Washington, this man who was larger than life, and in some ways he was. But at the same time, he's…

— Benjamin Walker

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

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

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington

— William E. Gladstone

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

— Marquis de Lafayette

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

— David McCullough

There isn't any question about Washington's greatness. If his administration had been a failure, there would have been no United States. A lesser man…

— Harry S. Truman

George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.

— Mark Twain

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

Washington was a typical American. Napoleon was a typical Frenchman, but Lincoln was a humanitarian as broad as the world. He was bigger than…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

— Mark Twain

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