John Adams said...

It may be that in the lapse of many centuries no other opportunity so favorable will be presented to the Government of t...

I would have sent ministers to the meeting had it been merely to give them such advice as they might have desired, even ...

My first and greatest inducement was to meet in the spirit of kindness and friendship an overture made in that spirit by...

The acceptance of this invitation, therefore, far from conflicting with the counsel or the policy of Washington, is dire...