Taking Office
Upon taking office, Washington initially focused on the establishment of the federal judiciary and executive departments.
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“No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and its moments of ecstasy would be ransomed by years of torment and hatred.”
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