Henry Cabot Lodge: “He loved fun, loved to joke and chaff, and, what is more uncommon, greatly enjoyed being chaffed himself.”

All that can be said is, that without the influence and the labors of Washington the convention of 1787, in all probability, would have failed of success.

When, without any self-seeking, he was placed at the head of the Revolution, he made up his mind that he would carry it through everything to victory, if victory were possible.

The generosity of our allies has a claim to all our confidence and all our gratitude, but it is neither for the honor of America, nor for the interest of the common cause, to leave the work entirely to them.

He never by any chance bored the American people.