The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.
George WashingtonIn the discharge of this trust I will only say that I have, with good intentions, contributed toward the organization and administration of the Government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable.
George WashingtonAt this auspicious period, the United States came into existence as a Nation; and if their Citizens should not be completely free and happy, the fault will be entirely their own.
George Washington