George Washington actually said...

this new state of things suggests the propriety of placing the United States in a posture of effectual preparation for an event which, notwi...

A mission like this will announce to the world a solicitude for a friendly adjustment of our complaints and a reluctance to hostility.

My confidence in our minister plenipotentiary in London continues undiminished.

Peace ought to be pursued with unremitted zeal before the last resource, which has so often been the scourge of nations, is contemplated.