Gotta' Love this one:
America desperately needs another leader like George Washington today.
Gotta' Love this one:
America desperately needs another leader like George Washington today.
I’ve seen this quote before and looked it up, here are some links. Itappears that it is not a genuine quote. I’ve see quite a few from Thomas Jefferson too! They do have good ones one can locate, though.
http://www.mountvernon.org/digital-encyclopedia/article/spurious-quotations/
The following is a list of quotations misattributed to George Washington that have been sent to the Mount Vernon library in recent years. This list will continue to grow as research staff at Mount Vernon become aware of other misattributed or false statements that have been cited as belonging to Washington. When available, an example of this misquote is provided in context, including published books, speeches and periodicals.
“A free people ought not only be armed and disciplined, but they should have sufficient arms and ammunition to maintain a status of independence from any who might attempt to abuse them, which would include their own government.”
This quote is partially accurate as the beginning section is taken from Washington’s First Annual Message to Congress on the State of the Union. However, the quote is then manipulated into a differing context and the remaining text is inaccurate. Here is the actual text from Washington’s speech:
“A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan is requisite; and their safety and interest require that they should promote such manufactories as tend to render them independent of others for essential, particularly military, supplies.”
Oh, here’s another good site.
