I have the consolation to believe, that, while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government.

The Constitution that we have is an excellent one, if we can keep it where it is.

It is our boast, that a man's religious tenets will not forfeit the protection of the Laws.

We should amuse our evening hours of life in cultivating the tender plants, and bringing them to perfection, before they are transplanted to a happier clime.

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.