I See The Necessity Of

Believing That The Happiness Of Mankind Is Best Promoted By The Useful Pursuits Of Peace, That On These Alone A Stable Prosperity Can Be Founded, That The Evils Of War Are Great In Their Endurance, And Have A Long Reckoning For Ages To Come, I Have Used My Best Endeavors To Keep Our Country Uncommitted In The Troubles Which Afflict Europe, And Which Assail Us On Every Side.

Questions Of Natural Right Are Triable By Their Conformity With The Moral Sense And Reason Of Man.

None But An Armed Nation Can Dispense With A Standing Army

For Themselves They Fought, For Themselves They Conquered, And For Themselves Alone They Have They Have Right To Hold.

Unmerited Abuse Wounds, While Unmerited Praise Has Not The Power To Heal.