The very idea of the power and the right of the people to establish government presupposes the duty of every individual to obey the established government.

Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distresses of every one, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse; remembering always the estimation of the widow's mite, but, that it is not every one who asketh that deserveth charity; all, however, are worthy of the inquiry, or the deserving may suffer.

I can never think of promoting my convenience at the expense of a friend's interest and inclination.

Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can't have one without the other.

Speak not injurious words neither in jest nor earnest; scoff at none, although they give occasion.

The Commander in Chief directs that Divine service be performed every Sunday at 11 o'clock...It is expected that officers of all ranks will by their attendance set an example to their men.

The great Searcher of human hearts is my witness, that I have no wish, which aspires beyond the humble and happy lot of living and dying a private citizen on my own farm.