And we must abide by the words of George Washington, perhaps our most selfless and principled president, not those of our least. David Huebner was U.S. Ambassador to New Zealand from 2009 to 2014 ...

Arguably, though, the United States’ future as a democratic republic was only cemented much later, on March 4, 1797, when John Adams was sworn in as George Washington’s successor.

President George Washington nearly always kept in complete control of his outward emotions, which he concealed. Hear Ye! Rare Exceptions: Pennsylvania in 1797 and in 1783. In Philadelphia, in Febru… ...