George Washington: “The ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America by the State of Rhode Island and Providence…”

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

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.

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

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