George Washington: “It will be inconvenient and injurious to the public to dismiss the light dragoons as soon as notice of the law can be…”

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

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

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

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.