Tell me what are the prevailing sentiments that occupy the minds of your young peoples, and I will tell you what is to be the character of the next generation.

Oppression makes wise men mad; but the distemper is still the madness of the wise, which is better than the sobriety of fools.

Religion is among the most powerful causes of enthusiasm.

If any ask me what a free government is, I answer, that, for any practical purpose, it is what the people think so,and that they, and not I, are the natural, lawful, and competent judges of this matter.

The wise determine from the gravity of the case; the irritable, from sensibility to oppression; the high minded, from disdain and indignation at abusive power in unworthy hands.

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination.

The true way to mourn the dead is to take care of the living who belong to them.