George Washington — "whether he was a whig or a tory?"

"I am so hackneyed to the touches of the painter's pencil, that I am now altogether at their beck, and sit like patience on a monument whilst they are delineating the lines of my face. It is a proof am…"

"The consideration that I was not a professional man, and that I had less pretensions to it than many, was a powerful argument against my undertaking the command."

"Ah, Lee, you are a funny fellow, see, that bird is laughing at you."

"My mother was the most beautiful woman I ever saw. All I am I owe to my mother."

"Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness."