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[Mulder]

Great article. Thanks for posting.

[Wonder Warthog]

George Washington---STILL our greatest president.

[VOA]

But he kept his promise and retired his commission, saying "I didn¹t fight George III
to become George I." [11]

Good line...I hadn't heard that one before.
I think I heard on one TV special about GW that when King George III heard that
Washington had rebuffed efforts to make him king of the new country,
KGIII said something like "George Washington is either the greatest man alive or the craziest".

I guess even KGIII saw the greatness in a man who knew how to decline power he shouldn't
take, even when pushed onto him.

Sidebar: I highly recomment the condensed version of Flexner's biography of Washington.
(it's a fine distillate of the four-volume original)

[Rowdee]

My family is blessed on President Washington's birthday....a very special meaning to us. My grandmother and my granddaughter share the same day....yes, 5 generations and on such a great day!

[freebilly]

George Washington, without his leadership there would be no American Republic.

[PogySailor]

People tend to forget that Washington VOLUNTARILY gave up the power of the Presidency after two terms. Nothing of the sort had ever happened before. Nothing in the constitution (at the time) prevented him from running again. This established a tradition which held until FDR ran for a third term in 1940. His actions led to the 22nd Amendment.

By stepping aside and allowing a peaceful transfer of power to the incoming President, Washington affirmed the spirit of the Revolution.

[4CJ]

"Washington said they didn't, not remotely, whereupon Patterson said the British were willing to offer pardons. "For what?" Washington demanded, saying they had committed no faults and needed no pardons."

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