George Washington: “A government that is of the people, by the people, and for the people is the best form of government.”

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.

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

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

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