George Washington: “An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.”

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

I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.

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.

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