It is difficult for the united states to be all of equal power and extent.
Slowness is frequently the cause of much greater slowness.
As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war.
Great commanders write their actions with simplicity; because they receive more glory from facts than from words.
A nation may lose its liberties in a day and not miss them in a century.
A good writer does not write as people write, but as he writes.