“Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.”

American statesman and military leader

George Washington was an American statesman and military leader who lived from 1732 to 1799. He was the first president of the United States and is widely known as the Father of His Country. Washington led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War and later served as president from 1789 to 1797. He remains a central figure in the founding of the United States, associated with independence, leadership, and the creation of the new republic.