| GEORGE WASHINGTON |
| (1732-1799) |
| I have always given it as my decided opinion that no nation had a right to intermeddle in the internal concerns of another; that everyone had a right to form and adopt whatever government they liked best to live under themselves. I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man. Labor to keep alive in your breast that spark of celestial fire called conscience. Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair. |