George Washington: “My movements to the chair of Government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit who is going to…”

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.

True patriotism is not just a feeling but a commitment to the well-being of our country.

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.