George Washington Quotes
A democratic state must feel before it can see; that is what makes it slow to act. But the people, at last, will be right.
George Washington, 1732-1799, 1st President of the United States (VA), Quoted by Gerald Ford, Address, U. S. Senate, May 23, 2001
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Declaration of Humanity. Printed in Japanese Newspapers. Contrast this with the previous Japanese political leadership tradition as {43746}
Some people think that this quotation was partially copied from Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. However, he gave this speech more than a decade earlier. Lincoln might have been familiar with it. His statue is in the U. S. Capitol.
Coolidge had no involvement in politics after his Presidency. He was never consulted by his successor and never resented that fact.
George Washington was the first President of the United States (1789-97), the Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He presided over the convention that drafted the current United States Constitution and during his lifetime was called the "father of his country".
