The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period.
George WashingtonI wish from my soul that the legislature of this State could see the policy of a gradual Abolition of Slavery.
George WashingtonTo anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism.
George Washington