George Washington/retirement 1797-1799

Famous quotes containing the words george washington, washington and/or retirement:

    “When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen.”
    —George Washington (1732–1799)

    “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)

    “He who comes into Assemblies only to gratifie his Curiosity, and not to make a Figure, enjoys the Pleasures of Retirement in a[n] ...exquisite Degree.”
    —Richard Steele (1672–1729)