Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.


Statement as he put on his glasses before delivering his response to the first Newburgh Address (15 March 1783), quoted in a letter from General David Cobb to Colonel Timothy Pickering (25 November 1825) - Response to the First Newburgh Address (1783)

George Washington Quotes

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.

Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country.