George Washington — "There is nothing so likely to produce peace as to be well prepared to meet the e…"

"Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all."

"To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace."

"I conceive that the great weight of the obligation which lies upon me to render justice to every man, and to every public body, requires that I should not be silent, when I see a measure taken, which,…"

"The alternate domination of one faction over another, sharpened by the spirit of revenge, natural to party dissension, which in different ages and countries has perpetrated the most horrid enormities,…"

"If we mean to support the liberty and independence which we have so gloriously struggled for, we must be more virtuous and become more industrious."