he meant that nothing will become a law or occur without him seeing it and approving it. When people heard him say that they trusted him and he made what he said come true.
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"We" weren't alive then. Nevertheless, if some we didn't listen to what he said, we wouldn't know what he said. Do you mean "heed"?
George Washington was said to have been "First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
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In God we trust.