George Washington Quotes

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

Lie, Youth, Ignorant

I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power.
Robert Frost

Power, History, Away

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'
Will Rogers

Father, Him, After

Do you think that when they asked George Washington for ID that he just whipped out a quarter?
Steven Wright

Asked, Washington, Whipped

When I found out that there was eight Presidents before George Washington, I wanted to smack somebody.
Prince

Before, Wanted, Found

Sitting in the Oval Office, beneath a painting of George Washington, with a bust of Martin Luther King Jr. over his right shoulder and a bust of Abraham Lincoln over his left shoulder, Obama told 'National Journal' that the country's economic woes are deep and endemic.
Ron Fournier

Deep, Country, Office

Now, today is the day we honor, of course, the Presidents, ranging from George Washington, who couldn't tell a lie, to George Bush, who couldn't tell the truth, to Bill Clinton, who couldn't tell the difference.
Jay Leno

Truth, Today, Lie

I felt somehow for many years that George Washington and Alexander Hamilton just left me out by mistake. But through the process of amendment, interpretation, and court decision, I have finally been included in 'We, the people.'
Barbara Jordan

Decision, Through, Process

I used to bicycle to work across the George Washington Bridge, but my wife told me it wasn't professional.
Mehmet Oz

Work, Wife, Used

George Washington understood that the Bible is the place where God's records of right and wrong are kept.
Randall Terry

God, Place, Wrong

There were people who said the Society of Cincinnati in the American revolution, of which George Washington was one of the shining lights, was a branch of the Illuminati.
Carroll Quigley

Society, Revolution, Said

People have always said - those words, 'too conservative,' is fairly relative. I'm sure that they probably said that about Thomas Jefferson and George Washington and Benjamin Franklin.
Sharron Angle

Words, Said, Sure

For example, a man who might not have enormous charisma, who could be president 40 years ago, and who was a deserving president, I don't know that George Washington would be a president today, I don't know that Abe Lincoln would, I don't know that Roosevelt would.
Sydney Pollack

Today, Might, President

You know what's funny is that I have this ongoing relationship with the city of Washington D.C. I went to George Washington University, and my nickname was K-Dub - based on G-Dub - and I'm now on the board of trustees at George Washington University.
Kerry Washington

Funny, City, Based

I've always held the view that great states need strategic space. I mean, George Washington took his space from George III. Britain took it from just about everybody. Russia took all of Eastern Europe. Germany's taken it from everywhere they can, and China will want its space too.
Paul Keating

Great, Mean, Everybody

Every president since George Washington has taken executive privilege seriously. Every Republican president has.
Jacob Lew

Since, President, Republican

From George Washington to George W. Bush, presidents have invoked God's name in the performance of their official duties.
Linda Chavez

God, Name, Washington

The Sunday School teacher talked too much in the way our grade school teacher used to when she told us about George Washington. Pleasant, pretty stories, but not true.
Frances Farmer

Teacher, School, True

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 just a person.
Benjamin Walker

Life, Time, Person

When George Washington was elected president, there was no national vote.
Ben Nelson

Vote, President, National

Doing the show was like painting the George Washington Bridge. As soon as you finished one end, you started right in on the other.
Jack Paar

End, Show, Started

I grew up at 16 years old driving trucks across the George Washington Bridge.
Don Sherwood

Old, Washington, Driving

I think we need people in Washington who really have more of a sense of a George Washington approach to it, which is to serve and go home. I think far too many of both parties see it as a career. And I don't think that's good for our country.
Scott Rigell

Good, Home, Career

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

Good, Enough, Washington

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