Quote#Death
I die hard but am not afraid to go. I believed from my first attack…
Quote byGeorge Washington · 1732–1799
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The first sentence here is sometimes presented as being his last statement before dying, but they are reported as part of the fuller statement, and as being said in the afternoon prior to his death in Life of Washington (1859) by Washington Irving, and his actual last words are stated to have been t.
English (original)
I die hard but am not afraid to go. I believed from my first attack that I should not survive it — my breath cannot last long.
— George Washington
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