George Washington actually said...

"True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity, before it is entitled to the appellation."

"Permit me Sir to add, that Policy alone in our Present Circumstances, seems to demand that every Satisfaction which can reasonably be requested, should be given to those Veteran Troops who, through al..."

"In modern wars, the longest purse must chiefly determine the event."

"Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder."