George Washington: “An informed and active citizenry is essential for democracy.”

Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation; for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company.

Patriotism is a commitment to the common good, not personal gain.

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

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.