Existing comment:
"Peace, with all the world is my sincere wish."
"Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness."
"The love of my country will be the ruling influence of my conduct."
"I can truly say I had rather be at Mount Vernon with a friend or two about me, than to be attended at the seat of government by the officers of state and the representatives of every power in Europe."
"Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth."
"The Constitution is the guide, which I never will abandon." |