Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

True patriotism is not just a feeling but a commitment to the well-being of our country.

I have finally determined to accept the commission of Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States.

I must not conceal from you my earnest wish that the choice had fallen upon a man less declined in years and better qualified to encounter the usual vicissitudes of war.

Believe me, sir, no one can more cordially approve of the wise and prudent measures of your Administration.

Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavored to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup of reconciliation, we can with pure hearts appeal to Heaven for the justice of our cause.

I can not express how greatly affected I am at this new proof of public confidence.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

A good government must be founded on the principle of justice and liberty for all its citizens.

An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.

It is with peculiar satisfaction I can say, that prompted by a high sense of duty in my attendance on public worship, I have been gratified by the liberal and interesting discourses delivered in your Churches.

If the bill passes into a law, the two companies of light dragoons will be from that moment legally out of service.

It will be inconvenient and injurious to the public to dismiss the light dragoons as soon as notice of the law can be conveyed to them.

It is generally agreed that some cavalry, either militia or regular, will be necessary.

Under these circumstances, to discharge the dragoons does not seem to comport with economy.

I lay before you for your consideration a treaty which has been negotiated and concluded on the 29th day of June last by Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, and George Clymer, commissioners on behalf of the United States, with the Creek…

To such men I shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to serve our common country.

None can serve it with purer intentions than I have done or with a more disinterested zeal.

Those services, and greater had I possessed ability to render them, were due to the unanimous calls of my country, and its approbation is my abundant reward.

The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Patriotism is a commitment to the common good, not personal gain.

Good government is the product of a well-informed and engaged citizenry.

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.