Placed in a situation every way so auspicious, motives of commanding force impel us, with sincere acknowledgment to Heaven and pure love to our country, to unite our efforts to preserve, prolong, and improve our immense advantages.
Washington calls for unity and gratitude as the nation seeks to maintain and enhance its advantages, reflecting a spirit of cooperation.
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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.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
Believe me, sir, no one can more cordially approve of the wise and prudent measures of your Administration.
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