[johnmark7]

I consider Washington the greatest man, After Jesus of Nazareth, to have ever lived.

His nobility, fortitude, patience, courage, audacity, manners, intelligence, wisdom, understanding, and curiosity are awesome to contemplate in one single man.

[Joe 6-pack]

"I consider Washington the greatest man, After Jesus of Nazareth, to have ever lived."

He's certainly up there on my list as well. All of our founders were blessed with qualities you list, and together they established the greatest nation this earth has ever known.

[Timocrat]

You're right it's the combimation of the qualities that is amazing. Jefferson and Madison may have been greater in raw intelligence but he was that "Rara Avis" a wise man. It's always a shock to contemplate that Washington thought two terms enough yet FDR was arrogant enough to stand for four terms.

What a breed of giants bestrode the land then!