George Washington: “Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.”

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

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

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

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.