“Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed.”
–Thomas Jefferson, on George Washington in a letter to Dr. Walter Jones, 1814
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“Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, whatever obstacles opposed.”
–Thomas Jefferson, on George Washington in a letter to Dr. Walter Jones, 1814