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• George Washington was first in war, first in peace -- and the first to have his birthday juggled to make a long weekend.
  -- Ashley Coope...
• To the memory of the Man, first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.
  -- Henry Lee (1756-1816) -- Memoirs of Lee, Eulogy on Washington, Dec. 26, 1799...
• Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. -- George Washington, First U.S. Preside
• To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
  -- George Washington (1732-1799)...
• Caesar had his Brutus; Charles the First, his Cromwell
  and George the Third ["Treason!" cried the Speaker]--may profit by their example....
• Budget the luxuries first! Lazarus Long
• No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States.
  Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency....