"Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person's own mind, than on the externals in the world." George Washington to his mother, Mary Ball Washington May 15th 1787.
Like modern politicians George Washington (who disliked politics) was both loved and despised in his time.
"He is the purest figure in history." William Gladstone said of George Washington
"As to you sir, treacherous in private friendship and a hypocrite in public life." Thomas Paine
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