| Author |
Quotes |
| Benjamin Franklin | Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years. |
| Daniel Webster | Washington--a fixed star in the firmament of great names, shining without twinkling or obscuration, with clear, beneficent light. |
| Daniel Webster | America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind. |
| Gen Henry Lee | First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his fellow citizens. |
| Gen Henry Lee | First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. |
| George Parsons Lathrop | A nobleness to try for, A name to live and die for. |
| James Jeffrey Roche | His work well done, the leader stepped aside Spurning a crown with more than kingly pride. Content to wear the higher crown of worth, While time endures, "First citizen of earth." |
| Percy Bysshe Shelley | 'Twas his ambition, generous and great A life to life's great end to consecrate. |
| Philip Freneau | O Washington! thrice glorious name, What due rewards can man decree-- Empires are far below thy aim, And scepters have no charms for thee; Virtue alone has your regards, And she must be your great reward. |
| Richard Watson Gilder | Since ancient Time began, Ever on some great soul God laid an infinite burden-- The weight of all this world, the hopes of man, Conflict and pain, and fame immortal are his guerdon. |
| Robert Bridges | Simple and brave, his faith awoke Ploughmen to struggle with their fate; Armies won battles when he spoke, And out of Chaos sprang the state. |
| Robert Southey | While Washington hath left His awful memory, A light for after times. |
| James Russell Lowell | The purely Great Whose soul no siren passion could unsphere, Thou nameless, now a power and mixed with fate. |
| James Russell Lowell | Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age! |
| Unattributed Author | Every countenance seeked to say, "Long live George Washington, the Father of the People." |
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