| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63339 |
| QUOTATION: | Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | George Washington (17321799), U.S. general, president. letter, Aug. 17, 1779. Quoted in Maxims of Washington, Virtue and Vice, (1942). |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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