Augustine Washington (1694 – April 12, 1743) was the father of the first U.S. President George Washington. He belonged to the Colony of Virginia's landed gentry and was a planter and slaveholder.
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“Faith therefore is to believe that which you do not see, truth is to see what you have believed.”
—St. Augustine (354–430)
“Political life at Washington is like political life in a suburban vestry.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)