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George Washington Quotes

George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, John Quincy Adams, John Calhoun and Abraham Lincoln were great men, but-that "but" underscores the fact that not one of these men had a strong, unequivocal belief in the equality of the black man.

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.