We had quitters during the Revolution too...we called them 'Kentuckians.'

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

It is now no more that toleration is spoken of, as if it was by the indulgence of one class of people, that another enjoyed the exercise of their inherent natural rights. For happily the government of the United States, which gives to bigotry no sanction - to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens.

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.

If you can't sent money, send tobacco.

Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.

[T]here is no truth more thoroughly established, than that there exists . . . an indissoluble union between virtue and happiness.