I am just going. Have me decently buried; and do not let my body be put into the Vault in less than three days after I am dead.... Tis well.

The name of American, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism . . .

One's god dictates the kind of law one implements and also controls the application and development of that law over time. Given enough time, all non-Christian systems of law self-destruct in a fit of tyranny.

We must take care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.

A government is like fire, a handy servant, but a dangerous master.

When in company, put not your hands to any part of the body, not usually discovered.

The policy or advantage of [immigration] taking place in a body (I mean the settling of them in a body) may be much questioned; for, by so doing, they retain the language, habits, and principles (good or bad) which they bring with them. Whereas by an intermixture with our people, they, or their descendants, get assimilated to our customs, measures, and laws: in a word, soon become one people.