George Washington: “The subject is of so much moment in my estimation as to excite a constant solicitude that the consideration of it may be…”

It is with peculiar satisfaction I can say, that prompted by a high sense of duty in my attendance on public worship, I have been gratified by the liberal and interesting discourses delivered in your Churches.

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.

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

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