"The power under the Constitution will always be in the People. It is entrusted for certain defined purposes, and for a certain limited period, to representatives of their own choosing; and whenever it is executed contrary to their Interest, or not agreeable to their wishes, their Servants can, and undoubtedly will be, recalled." (Nov. 10, 1787)
"We will never have Peace till the enemy are convinced that we are in a condition to carry on the War. It is no new maxim in politics that for a nation to obtain Peace, or insure it, It must be prepared for War." (May 5 [July 6]1780)
"There is so little dependence on newspaper publications, which take whatever complexion to the editors please to give them, that persons at a distance, who have no other means of information, are oftentimes at a loss to form an opinion on the most important occurrences." (May 15, 1797)
"A good general government, without good morals and good habits, will not make us a happy People; and we shall deceive ourselves if we think it will." (Aug. 31, 1788)
The more I read of Washington, the more I wonder if all of this knowledge truly came from him....it’s almost too much, too good.
That much good can only come from a man who was truly blessed.
Smithfield ham? Is that referring to a sense of humor?