Washington and Bonaparte emerged from the womb of democracy: both of them born to liberty, the former remained faithful to her, the latter betrayed her.
François-René de Chateaubriand
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I wouldn’t say Washington was committed to liberty, he held slaves, but he was better than Napoleon.
This was a Frenchman and he was thinking about Napoleon going from general of a republic to emperor. Washington went from general of a republic to president to retired president. I think a lot of Europeans thought Napoleon was going to give them their freedom back. They were more than disappointed.