This process of election affords a moral certainty that the office of President will seldom fall to the lot of any many who is not in an eminent degree endowed with the requisite qualifications.

The powers contained in a constitution...ought to be construed liberally in advancement of the public good.

It is an unquestionable truth, that the body of the people in every country desire sincerely its prosperity. But it is equally unquestionable that they do not possess the discernment and stability necessary for systematic government. To deny that they are frequently led into the grossest of errors, by misinformation and passion, would be a flattery which their own good sense must despise.

The superiority...enjoyed by nations that have...perfected a branch of industry, constitutes a...formidable obstacle.

War, like most other things, is a science to be acquired and perfected by diligence, by perserverance, by time, and by practice.

A promise must never be broken.

We are now forming a republican government. Real liberty is never found in despotism or the extremes of democracy, but in moderate governments.