Yes, George Washington could have been the king of America there is no question of that. By refusing the profer of becoming a monarch George Washington became the man who actually established the principles of Liberty so clearly ennuciated by others. Yes, there is much that can be said that Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were the "great thinkers" that gave us our Declaration of Independence and Constitution but it was George Washington's refusla of kingship that allowed these priciples to be implemented.
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