[T]he hour is fast approaching, on which the Honor and Success of this army, and the safety of our bleeding Country depend. Remember officers and Soldiers, that you are Freemen, fighting for the blessings of Liberty - that slavery will be your portion, and that of your posterity, if you do not acquit yourselves like men.

The reflection upon my situation and that of this army produces many an uneasy hour when all around me are wrapped in sleep. Few people know the predicament we are in.

We should on all Occasions avoid a general Action, or put anything to the Risque, unless compelled by a necessity, into which we ought never to be drawn.

Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair; the rest is in the hands of God.

Let us with Caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.

All I am I owe to my mother.

Even respectable characters speak of a monarchical form of government without horror.