Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “Paper money has had the effect in your state that it will ever have, to ruin commerce, oppress the honest, and open the door to every species of fraud and injustice.” ~ George Washington (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country'Source: in letter to J. Bowen, Rhode Island, Jan. 9, 1787