The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality.

Should any American soldier be so base and infamous as to injure any Canadian or Indian in his person or property, I do most earnestly enjoin you to bring him to such severe and exemplary punishment, as the enormity of the crime may require. Should it extend to death itself, it shall not be disproportioned to its guilt, at such a time and in such a cause.

The inducements of interest for observing [neutral] conduct . . . has been to endeavour to gain time to our country to settle and mature its yet recent institutions, and to progress without interruption, to that degree of strength and consistency, which is necessary to give it, humanly speaking, the command of its own fortunes.

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.

It is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God.

We had quitters during the Revolution too...we called them 'Kentuckians.'

The value of liberty was thus enhanced in our estimation by the difficulty of its attainment, and the worth of characters appreciated by the trial of adversity.