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GOVERNMENT > president (1st), soldier, surveyor, farmer > George Washington
Few people have...
Vendor: GOVERNMENT
Few people have the virtue to withstand the highest bidder.
Source: Letter, 17 Aug. 1779. Quoted in: Maxims of Washington, Virtue and Vice (1942).
-- George Washington, (Feb 22 1732-1799), US president (1st), soldier, surveyor, farmer; He was Commander of the Continental forces; as U.S. president he shaped the office and warned against party politics.