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

To anticipate and prevent disasterous contingencies would be the part of wisdom and patriotism.

Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence . . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake.

Laws or ordinances unobserved, or partially attended to, had better never have been made.

The Army (considering the irritable state it is in, its suffering and composition) is a dangerous instrument to play with.

A people... who are possessed of the spirit of commerce, who see and who will pursue their advantages may achieve almost anything.

We must take human nature as we find it, perfection falls not to the share of mortals.