Albert Beveridge: “The first duties of a good citizen--Reverence for the Laws and Respect for the Magistracy.”

No man ever bore public honors with so meek a dignity ...

The Richmond Whig and Public Advertiser said that "no man has lived or died in this country, save its father George Washington alone, who united such a warmth of affection for his person, with so deep and unaffected a respect for his…

There can be little doubt that a majority of the people did not favor the Constitution when adopted by the Convention and ratified by the States.

There was about him so little of 'the insolence of office,' and so much of the benignity of the man, that his presence always produced ... the most delightful impressions.