George Washington: “Excepting as to the brave men who have fallen on the occasion, and who are a subject of public as well as private…”

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

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

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

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.