George Washington: “It is proposed to add as follows: On the former conferences on the navigation of the Mississippi.”

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

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.

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

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