George Washington – Character Quotes

[Washington]
It’s alright you want to fight, you’ve got a hunger
I was just like you when I was younger
Head full of fantasies of dying like a martyr.

[Hamilton]
Yes.

[Washington]
Dying is easy, young man; living is harder.

[Eliza]
When he was ten his father split, full of it, debt-ridden,
Two years later, see Alex and his mother bed-ridden,
Half-dead sittin in their own sick, the scent thick,
And Alex got better but his mother went quick.

[Washington]
Moved in with a cousin, the cousin committed suicide.
Left him with nothin’ but ruined pride,
Something new inside, a voice saying,
«Alex, you gotta fend for yourself»
He started retreatin’ and readin’ every treatise on the shelf.

[Burr]
His enemies destroyed his rep,
America forgot him

[Mulligan/Madison, Lafayette/Jefferson]
We fought with him.

[Laurens/Philip]
Me? I died for him.

[Washington]
Me? I trusted him.

[Eliza/Angelica/Maria]
Me? I loved him.

[Burr]
And me? I’m the damn fool that shot him.

[Hamilton]
Here he comes!

[Company]
Here comes the general!

[Burr]
Ladies and gentlemen!
The moment you’ve been waiting for!
The Pride of Mount Vernon!
George Washington!

[Washington]
We are out-gunned!
Out-manned!
Out-numbered,
Out-planned!
We gotta make an all-out stand
Hey yo I’m gonna need a right-hand man

Check it -

Can I be real a second?
For just a millisecond?
Let down my guard and tell the people how I feel a second?
Now I’m the model of a modern major general
The venerated Virginian veteran whose men are all
Lining up to put me up on a pedestal
Writing letters to relatives
Embellishing my elegance and eloquence
But the elephant is in the room,
The truth is in your face
When you hear the British cannons go (BOOM!)
Any hope of success is fleeting
How can I keep leading
When the people I’m leading keep retreating?
We put a stop to the bleeding
As the British take Brooklyn
Knight takes rook, but look

We are out-gunned!
Out-manned!
Out-numbered,
Out-planned!
We gotta make an all-out stand
Ayo, I’m gonna need a right-hand man

Incoming!

[Burr] Your Excellency, sir

[Washington] Who are you?

[Burr] Aaron Burr, sir
Permission to state my case?

[Washington] As you were...

[Burr] Sir, I was a captain under General Montgomery
Until he caught a bullet in the neck in Quebec, and well, in summary
I think that I could be of some assistance
I admire how you keep firing on the British
From a distance

[Washington] Huh

[Burr] I have some questions, a couple of suggestions
On how to fight instead of fleeing west

[Washington] Yes?

[Burr] Well —

[Hamilton] Your Excellency? You wanted to see me?

[Washington] Hamilton, come in. Have you met Burr?

[Hamilton] Yes, sir

[Hamilton & Burr] We keep meeting...

[Burr] As I was saying, sir
I look forward to seeing your strategy play out—

[Washington] Burr?

[Burr] Sir?

[Washington] Close the door on your way out