George Washington actually said...

I cannot conceive a rank more honorable than that which flows from the uncorrupted choice of a brave and free people—the purest source and o...

There is nothing which can better deserve our patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the sure...

To encourage literature and the arts is a duty which every good citizen owes to his country.

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire called conscience.