Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.
We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions.
The United States enjoy a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for.
I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.
Peace with all the world, is my sincere wish.
Let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.