George Washington: “United we stand, divided we fall.”

An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.

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.

Believe me, sir, no one can more cordially approve of the wise and prudent measures of your Administration.

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