"I can with truth assure you, that I never did, nor do I believe I ever shall, make a scouting party my whole army."

"The consideration that I was not a professional man, and that I had less pretensions to it than many, was a powerful argument against my undertaking the command."

"The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you."

"I can only say, that I am a Citizen of America, and an Officer of the Army: That I am therefore precluded from the enjoyment of that Liberty, which can only be derived from a free Government."

"If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work?"