My opinion with respect to immigration is, that except of useful mechanics and some particular description of men and professions, there is no use of encouragement.

To each of my Nephews, William Augustine Washington, George Lewis, George Steptoe Washington, Bushrod Washington, and Samuel Washington, I give one of my swords or Cutteaux of which I may be Possesed; and they are to chuse in the order they are named. These Swords are accompanied with an injuction not to unsheath them for the purpose of shedding blood, except it be for self defense, or in the defense of their Country and its rights; and in the latter case, to keep them unsheathed, and prefer falling with them in their hands, to the relenquishment thereof.

Be not glad at the misfortune of another, though he may be your enemy.

The prospect, that a good general government will in all human probability be soon established in America, affords me more substantial satisfaction; than I have ever before derived from any political event. Because there is a rational ground for believing that not only the happiness of my own countrymen, but that of mankind in general, will be promoted by it.

Thirteen sovereignties pulling against each other and all tugging at the federal head, will soon bring ruin on the whole.

It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.