June 4, 1776: "To form a new Government, requires infinite care, & unbounded attention; for if the foundation is badly laid the superstructure must be bad … every Man should consider, that he is lending his aid to frame a Constitution which is to render Million’s happy, or Miserable, and that a matter of such moment cannot be the Work of a day."
- George Washington to John Augustine Washington (mountvernon.org)
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