The only foundation for . . . a republic is to be laid in Religion. Without this there can be no virtue, and without virtue there can be no liberty, and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments.

Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.

Without religion, I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind.

Let our pupil be taught that he does not belong to himself, but that he is public property. Let him be taught to love his family, but let him be taught at the same time that he must forsake and even forget them when the welfare of his country requires it.

It would seem from this fact, that man is naturally a wild animal, and that when taken from the woods, he is never happy in his natural state, 'till he returns to them again.

I anticipate the Day when to command Respect in the remotest Regions it will be sufficient to say I am an American.

Beer is a wholesome liquor.....it abounds with nourishment