George Washington actually said...

"Those services, and greater had I possessed ability to render them, were due to the unanimous calls of my country, and its approbation is my abundant reward."

"The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally, staked on the experiment entrusted to the hand..."

"Justice is the constant and perpetual will to render every one his due."

"Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force."