I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him "father."

His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble.

Here you would know, and enjoy, what prosperity will way of Washington. For a thousand leagues have nearly the same effect with a thousand years.

America has furnished to the world the character of Washington! And if our American institutions had done nothing else, that alone would have entitled them to the respect of mankind.