Henry Cabot Lodge: “History has agreed with Washington in his view of the work of his administration, and has set it down as essential to…”

Fortitude in misfortune is more common than composure in the hour of victory.

Clearness and precision of plan as to the central point, joined to a perfect readiness to change suddenly and strike hard and decisively in a totally different quarter, are sure marks of the great commander.

Here is again the same note, always so true and clear, that the United States are not colonies but an independent nation.

He accomplished this great labor more successfully by honest and lawful methods than if he had taken the path of the strong-handed savior of society, and his work in this field did more for the welfare of his country than all his battles.