The reason George Washington was the greatest man in American history is not because he was the smartest, the best or the most formidable but because other great men were able to fully trust him with ...
The frame I keep returning to: it's not just that he could be trusted — it's that he understood what power was *for*, which meant he had no reason to hold onto it past its purpose. Men who grasp power can't let it go because they've confused the instrument for the destination. Washington never made that mistake.
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