While all men within our territories are protected in worshipping the Deity according to the dictates of their consciences; it is rationally to be expected from them in return, that they will [demonstrate] the innocence of their lives and the beneficence of their actions; for no man, who is profligate in his morals, or a bad member of the civil community, can possibly be a true Christian, or a credit to his own religious society.
George WashingtonThe General hopes and trusts that every officer and man will endeavor to live and act as becomes a Christian soldier defending the dearest rights and liberties of his country.
George WashingtonSerious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.
George WashingtonI am again called upon by the voice of my country to execute the functions of its Chief Magistrate.
George Washington