George Washington: “Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.”

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

True patriotism is not just a feeling but a commitment to the well-being of our country.

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.

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.