Family Quote by Ron Chernow

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington

— William E. Gladstone

The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant,…

— Frances Farmer

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

— Katharine Graham

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

Washington, in fact, had very little private life, but was eminently a public character.

— Washington Irving

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

— Mark Twain

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

— Beau Willimon

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

I have a deep appreciation for the wisdom of this guy , George Washington.

— Barack Obama

I think there's no doubt that George Washington was the most important American to this time.

— Kevin Gutzman

I'm not a career politician, so the ways of Washington may be a little obscure to me.

— Michael Bennet

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