Posted on 03/08/2013 2:59:49 PM PST by JERussell
"......Think on this a moment. Washington never assumed. He never assumed that he would be chosen to lead the army (and when he was he turned down their offer of payment for his service), and he never assumed that he would be made the first president of the United States. I thought about this as I was driving home from work the day that I heard this particular lecture. Dr Freeman was spot on. His modest demeanor was exactly what this country needed.
It still is......"
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Thanks. Washington, truly a great man and leader. Possibly America’s greatest person.
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