Monday, May 13, 2019

Quotation for the Day - Washington on Everything


“I distrust everything”  


Image from below cited article: Washington and his slaves, with Mount Vernon in the background, in a lithograph from the mid-1800s.CreditLithograph by Regnier from a painting by Stearns/Buyenlarge, via Getty Images

--George Washington, "grumbl[ing]" in 1776; cited in Rick Atkinson, "Why We Still Care About America’s Founders: Despite their flaws, their struggle continues to speak to the nation we want to become," The New York Times (May 13, 2019)


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