Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but selection. Parsimony requires no providence, no sagacity, no powers of combination, no comparison, no judgment.

A great deal of the furniture of ancient tyranny is torn to rags; the rest is entirely out of fashion.

Whenever a separation is made between liberty and justice, neither, in my opinion, is safe.

That the greatest security of the people, against the encroachments and usurpations of their superiors, is to keep the Spirit of Liberty constantly awake, is an undeniable truth

As mankind becomes more enlightened to know their real interests, they will esteem the value of agriculture; they will find it in their natural--their destined occupation.

Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.

Good order is the foundation of all things.