When George Washington was president ... “everything he did set a precedent.” For that reason, Washington was careful with the precedents he set, understanding that his successors would ...

Legacy George Washington established precedents for the executive office that have since become customary practice. Washington is responsible for establishing the tradition of the inaugural address ...

He understood he was setting precedents that had to last — even as many disagreed on what precise form our government should take. It was Washington who emphasized that America was a republic ...

In 1787, General George Washington presided over the Constitutional ... though constitutionally dubious, set a precedent for executive action in times of national emergency.

George Washington was the first president of the ... the first of everything in our situation will serve to establish a precedent, it is devoutly wished on my part that these precedents be fixed ...