"If he does that, he will be the greatest man in the world."

Statement by an incredulous King George III upon hearing at end of the Revolutionary War in 1783 that George Washington planned to retire to private life at his plantation Mt. Vernon. From: Wood, Gordon S. (1991). The Radicalism of the American Revolution. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. pp. 206. ISBN 0679736883.

The Federal Evidence Blog returns
Tuesday, February 17th,
after the federal holiday celebrating
George Washington’s birthday.

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