On overcoming difficulties during the Revolutionary War.
12/31/1778
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The foundation of our national policy will be laid on the solid basis of the people's will.
The best and noblest form of government is that which is founded on the will of the people.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
I hope that I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the ...