George w Quote by William Safire

Our founders thought long and hard about what the office of president should be. George Washington resisted the role, and then defined it.

— Martha MacCallum

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

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

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

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

— Kevin Gutzman

I never liked the atmosphere of Washington . I early saw that it was impossible to build up a race of which the leaders…

— Booker T. Washington

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

“Perhaps, in that eerily instinctive way in which he always grasped the difference between the essential and the peripheral, he literally felt in his…

— Joseph J. Ellis

He is the purest figure in history. About George Washington

— William E. Gladstone

Washington can be a frustrating place.

— Chris Murphy

George Washington was quite a farmer. He was a farmer, Civil Engineer and gentleman. He made enough at civil engineering to indulge in both…

— Will Rogers

If that was good enough for George Washington, it's good enough for me,

— Ted Yoho