Send a Quote Enter a brief message. SendOk2 “But if we are to be told by a foreign Power ... what we shall do, and what we shall not do, we have Independence yet to seek, and have contended hitherto for very little.” ~ George Washington (1732-1799) Founding Father, 1st US President, 'Father of the Country'Source: letter to Alexander Hamilton, 8 May 1796, Reference: The Writings of George Washington, Fitzpatrick, ed., vol. 35 (40)