And let me conjure you, in the name of our common Country--as you value your own sacred honor-as you respect the rights of humanity, & as you regard the Military & national character of America, to express your utmost horror & detestation of the Man who wishes, under any specious pretences, to overturn the liberties of our Country, & who wickedly attempts to open the flood Gates of Civil discord, & deluge our rising Empire in Blood.

As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it.

The nation is everything, and serving the people is akin to serving God.

The sentiment of national honor is never more than half extinguished in the French. It takes only a spark to re-kindle it.

Get to know the poor in your country. Love them. Serve them.

I was summoned by my Country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love.