Washington's quote came just one week before his famous crossing of the Delaware River, which resulted in a surprise attack on the Hessian forces occupying Trenton, New Jersey. The quote provides ...

Famous George Washington Quotes. "When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly." "Knowledge is in every country the surest basis ...

The quote seems to have been warped soon after, and was even referenced by President John F. Kennedy in a famous speech in 1961. Hatchet job. George Washington never chopped down the famous cherry ...