Fervent zeal is all which I can be sure of carrying into their [Congress] service. —

TITLE: To John Jay.
EDITION: Washington ed. i, 339.
PLACE: Paris
DATE: 1785

Utterly indeed, should I despair, did not the presence of many whom I here see remind me, that in the high authorities provided by our Constitution, I shall find resources of wisdom, of virtue, and of zeal, on which to rely under all difficulties. —

TITLE: First Inaugural Address.
EDITION: Washington ed. viii, 1.
EDITION: Ford ed., viii, 2.
PLACE: [none given]
DATE: 1801

I fear that my zeal will make me expose myself to ridicule [* * *] but this risk becomes a duty by the bare possibility of doing good. —

TITLE: To Dr. Ramsay.
EDITION: Washington ed. ii, 216.
PLACE: Paris
DATE: 1787