The US would not have been created nor would it have lasted very long without the personal example of George Washington. He is our country’s greatest president and what all Americans should strive to be like today.
“From his republican values Washington derived his abhorrence of kingship, even for himself.” Exactly!
Otherwise, we would have probably de-evolved into a dictatorship. There are certainly a few leaders in modern times who would love the role as dictator which doesn’t bode well for our future.
Because he wasn't a member of some useless party.
He is the greatest President because he did not WANT to be President.
G. Washington ping!
Most young people have NO conception of how truly exceptional, great (albeit, fragile) the whole American enterprise has been.
They are playing with fire and risking it all on the toss of the dice... just for immediate, personal, material (and I believe, temporary) gain.
HOW SHABBY!
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After the war, there was a general meeting of the officers of the Continental Army. They very disillusioned regarding pay and other issues. They encouraged Washington to lead the army to Philadelphia and take over the government. Washington told them no. After the meeting he rode to Philly and surrendered his sword to the continental congress to acknowledge civilian control of the government and over the army.
I think it was George Will who said, Clinton may not be the worst president, but he is the worst man to be president. You can say that if Washington was not the best president, he was the best man to become president.
He understood what needed to be done to get the country going, the role of the president, and he set an honorable example.
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I’ve always thought the whole “greatest President” bit was pretty simple.
Washington was the greatest president of the 18th century, Lincoln of the 19th and Reagan of the 20th.
But I think both of the others would have agreed George deserves the #1 spot.
He was great because he was dedicated to a free America, and he paid a very high personal cost to help the founding of this country.
On December 25, 1776, all was lost. Most of his army had gone home, the hopes for foreign aid and intervention were about gone, and a hangman’s noose awaited him in the spring when the British would come gunning for him.
Still, with his ragtag group of soldiers, many with rags wrapped around their feet, in the bitter wind and cold, took a bunch of hidden, donated boats and forged through the ice floes across the Delaware and captured the Hessian garrison at Trenton.
A “Hail Mary” pass in the annals of war if there ever was one.
Thirty minutes decided the fate of whether America would be stillborn or whether it would die.
Valley Forge was a year in the future then.
But George Washington trusted in God and fought for freedom.
Then he set the example as President. His first act after inaugaration, on April 30, 1789, in New York City, was to march the entire Congress up the road to St. Paul’s Chapel for a worship service to consecrate the new government to God’s care.
Then, when everyone wanted him to be king, he said no, and went home to Mt. Vernon. Two terms, and that is it.
When you visit beautiful Mt. Vernon, and realize this man stayed a total of eight full years away from his home in the service of his country before he became president, you realize what a sacrifice he made for us.
To found a country is an enormous undertaking, fraught with peril. To found a country based on the principles of the Declaration of Independence was unthinkable in that age.
Yet this man, and a whole generation of men, blessed of God, did just that.
And that is why we cannot allow Obama and the Democrat Communist Party of America take our heritage away.
To do so would dishonor all that George Washington fought and lived for.
cuz he claimed he didn’t wanna be king; but he did want veto power over the states, etc. and then he led the militias, personally, as CINC, in the whiskey rebellion to get taxes,,avd the list is looong!!!
Some quotes from the words of George Washington:
“Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?”
“Nothing is more essential, than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular Nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded...The Nation, which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.”
“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.”
George Washington shared the sympathies of the true early Americans.
“The Romans and their Empire were but a bauble in comparison to the Jews.” —President John Adams
But he married a widow.
Because he didn’t actively seek the office, reluctantly accepted it, did his best to run the country in the interest of all of the people rather than any party, strengthened the position without stepping outside of the Constitution, declined to accept regal designations for himself and turned down any more than two terms. He was an honest, honorable man and few who have followed him can even come close.
My flag will wave proudly for you this Saturday, Mr President!
Relinguishing power is really the greatest gift we received from this greatest of US presidents, amid a torrent of great gifts we received from George Washington.
How vile that modern schools seek to downplay his noble contributions and slander him and the other great founding fathers. The commie government schools have really turned history on its head. Now all that matters for greatness is skin color and being PC, while the true great ones are denigrated.
And this is George Washington's birthday and not President's Day. There are a lot of Presidents that couldn't tote his wooden teeth.
A Free Mason who never took communion and reportedly converted to Catholaism on his death bed to a Jesuit. Better credentials than an undocumented Halfrican. Yes they all worship the great god of the universe.