George Washington actually said...

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

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

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

"I cannot conceive a rank more honorable than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people—the purest source and original fountain of all power."