It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one.

The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.

I rejoice in a belief that intellectual light will spring up in the dark corners of the earth; that freedom of enquiry will produce liberality of conduct; that mankind will reverse the absurd position that the many were, made for the few; and that they will not continue slaves in one part of the globe, when they can become freemen in another.

It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.

Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape.

Religion and morality are the essential pillars of civil society.

I am persuaded, you will permit me to observe, that the path of true piety is so plain as to require but little political direction.