I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.
~ George Washington
Elsewhere, this is 3a19. — slipbox
Most enviable of all titles
Resignation speech of George Washington
… Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of Action; and bidding an Affectionate farewell to this August body under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my Commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
~ George Washington, from Washington’s Resignation Speech
Elsewhere, this is 4ueese1. — slipbox
December 23, 1783, from the Resignation Speech of George Washington
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