Famous quotes containing the words washington and/or birthday:
“I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided by a prospect of interest, or some reward.”
—George Washington (1732–1799)
“the birthday of my life
Is come, my love is come to me.”
—Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)