“He signed the letter: George Washington Gale Ferris.”
“Queequeg was George Washington cannibalistically developed.”
“...if George Washington founded the nation, John Marshall defined it.”
“George Washington chopped down the tree, and then he threw away the money. Do you understand? He was telling us an essential truth. Namely, that money doesn't grow on trees. This is what made our country great, Peter. Now George Washington's picture is on every dollar bill. There is an important lesson to be learned from all this.”
“I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.”
“She would always come second best to George Washington in Aaron’s heart.”