The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

[Avoid] likewise the accumulation of debt.

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

Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.

In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the country's well-being: Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, Religion and Morality are indispensable supports. . . . And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. . . . Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue?

The company in which you will improve most will be least expensive to you.

A lottery is the perfect tax...laid only upon the willing.