George Washington: “The right of forming a permanent constitution and State government”

I can not express how greatly affected I am at this new proof of public confidence.

A good government must be founded on the principle of justice and liberty for all its citizens.

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 have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.