George Washington: “Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force.”

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.

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.