I Believe I Am An Honorable Man.

Even In The Best Of Lives, Mistakes Are Made.

Washington's Task Was To Transform The Improbable Into The Inevitable.

And The Only Thing To Do With A Sin Is To Confess, Do Penance And Then, After Some Kind Of Decent Interval, Ask For Forgiveness.

[quoting Someone Else] The American Constitution Is A Document Designed By Geniuses To Be Eventually Interpreted By Idiots

Chronology, So The Saying Goes, Is The Last Refuge Of The Feeble-minded And The Only Resort For Historians.