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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jul 12, 1799

I have always considered marriage as the most interesting event of one's life, the foundation of happiness or misery.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Mar 3, 1799

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jul 12, 1798

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

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jul 12, 1798

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

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jul 12, 1798

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.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jul 12, 1798

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.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Feb 20, 1798

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

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Mar 1, 1797

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.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Feb 27, 1797

Under these circumstances, to discharge the dragoons does not seem to comport with economy.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Feb 27, 1797

It will be inconvenient and injurious to the public to dismiss the light dragoons as soon as notice of the law can be conveyed to them.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Feb 27, 1797

If the bill passes into a law, the two companies of light dragoons will be from that moment legally out of service.

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George Washington
@georgewashington· Independent · VA· Jan 3, 1797

I lay before you for your consideration a treaty which has been negotiated and concluded on the 29th day of June last by Benjamin Hawkins, Andrew Pickens, and George Clymer, commissioners on behalf of the United States, with the Creek…

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