George Washington Quotes
In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.
Washington, George. "Farewell Address, 19 September 1796." The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 20, 1 April–21 September 1796, edited by David R. Hoth and William M. Ferraro, University of Virginia Press, 2019, pp. 703-722.
He was communicating the Resolution of the Continental Congress.
The U. S. Patent and Trademark Office refused to grant a trademark on the grounds that it was "scandalous" and "shocking."
The phrase “Loyalty to the government is our national creed” was advocated by almost all politicians after the Civil War. There were a few communists of the left and libertarians on the right who would disagree but every president tool this position until the administration of Ronald Reagan who then many politicians claimed that the government was a problem and even an enemy of the people. Loyalty was in their view, not to be given to the Government, but to the ideas and ideals of America (as they saw them.) Since then many politicians would talk of “loyalty to America” but not use the McKinley phrase “loyalty to the government.”
His belief is that the vast majority of Americans have a set of values in common including tolerance of alternative religions. In this sense, he considers the common values as an American Religion.
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".
