Forty-four men have succeeded Washington so far. Some became titans; others finished their terms without distinction; a few ended their service to the nation in ignominy. But each of them knew that the day would come when it would be their duty and honor to return the presidency to the people.
All but one, that is.
FTFY
An extremely well-written article at that. These accounts of Washington were beautiful and brought tears of admiration to my eyes, hundreds of years later.
The first American citizens must have absolutely worshipped him, but still he conducted himself as an equal citizen and began the tradition of peaceful transfer of power to the newly-elected.
Seeing that ruined by Trump awakens new levels of contempt for him that I didn’t think possible.