A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virtue.
The materials of wealth are in the earth, in the seas, and in their natural and unaided productions.
The Constitution was made to guard the people against the dangers of good intentions
No power but Congress can declare war, but what is the value of this constitutional provision, if the President of his own authority may make such military movements as must bring on war?
Nothing of character is really permanent but virtue and personal worth.
If all my talents and powers were to be taken from me by some unscrutable Providence, and I had my choice of keeping but one, I would unhesitatingly ask for be allowed to keep the Power of Speaking, for through it I would quickly recover all the rest.