Happy Birthday George Washington!

"I can only say that there is not a man living who wishes more sincerely than I do to see a plan adopted for the abolition of slavery."
--George Washington

"I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country."
--George Washington

"I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. "
--George Washington

He was Commander and Chief during our Revolution, and our first President.

 

The Original President George

"A free people ought not only to 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." ~~~George Washington