George Washington: “Our fisheries and the transportation of our own produce offer us abundant means for guarding ourselves against this…”

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.

I have finally determined to accept the commission of Commander in Chief of the armies of the United States.

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