George Washington/american Revolution 1775-1783

Famous quotes containing the words washington, american and/or revolution:

    “I date the end of the old republic and the birth of the empire to the invention, in the late thirties, of air conditioning. Before air conditioning, Washington was deserted from mid-June to September.... But after air conditioning and the Second World War arrived, more or less at the same time, Congress sits and sits while the presidents—or at least their staffs—never stop making mischief.”
    —Gore Vidal (b. 1925)

    “Then the American flag was saluted. In general, in the United States people always salute the American flag.”
    —Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)

    “A revolution does not last more than fifteen years, the period which coincides with the flourishing of a generation.”
    —José Ortega Y Gasset (1883–1955)