Thomas Paine on George Washington
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“Oh, Washington! thou hero, patriot sage, Friend of all climes, and pride of every age!”
“And as to you, Sir, treacherous in private friendship (for so you have been to me, and that in the day of danger) and a hypocrite in public life, the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an apostate or an impostor; whether you have abandoned good principles, or whether you ever had any.”