it is better to offer no excuse than a bad one, if at any time you should happen to fall into an error
Sep 12, 2025
George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president (1789–1797)
So far as I am acquainted with the principles & Doctrines of Free Masonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised only for the good of mankind.
Nov 8, 1798
While choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
Sep 17, 1796