George Washington actually said...

"Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience."

"There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."

"The great mass of our Citizens require only to understand matters rightly, to form right decisions."

"To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country."