“Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness.”
“The welfare of our country is the great object to which our cares and efforts ought to be directed.— And I shall derive great satisfaction from a cooperation with you, in the pleasing though arduous task of ensuring to our fellow citizens the blessings which they have a right to expect, from a free and equal government.”
From George Washington’s first State Of The Union Address, delivered in New York City on January 8, 1790.
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