“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won t.”
Mark Twain
“George Washington, as a boy, was ignorant of the commonest accomplishments of youth. He could not even lie.”
“My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feeling, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom.”
George Washington
“His person, you know, was fine, his stature exactly what one would wish, his deportment easy, erect and noble.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Shift that fat ass, Harry. But slowly, or you'll swamp the damned boat.”
“Wealthy people with means should be required to pay something on debts and not be able to walk away from them.”
Wayne Abernathy
“I am different from Washington. I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.”
