Matthew Spalding is a political scientist who works at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. Patrick J. Garrity, a foreign policy expert, is currently a visiting fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.

Spalding's and Garrity's work is a convincing argument for the importance of Washington's ideas for our time.

• Chapter 1 Remembering Washington's LegacyChapter 2 Establishing the American CharacterChapter 3 Friends and Fellow CitizensChapter 4 Our Interest Guided by Our JusticeChapter 5 Washington and the American Political TraditionChapter 6 Truths Important at all TimesChapter 7 Appendix A: The Circular AddressChapter 8 Appendix B: The First InauguralChapter 9 Appendix C: The Farewell Address. Good character was central to Washington's success, and it remains essential for the success of republican government. It is particularly important, in an election year, to be reminded of the concluding thoughts of the fi