right. I agree with the statement completely. I just don't know where the quote comes from. In all honestly I have a book written by GW and it's all about manners in the time period. George Washington seems to be someone that is rather meek in his statements. Maybe he was the perfect president for a new nation. But that quote doesn't match things that I'm sure that he said otherwise. I think Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson were much more likely to make statements similar to this. If someone does have a source that shows this was a George Washington statement I would be very happy to see it.