I die hard but am not afraid to go.

No taxes can be devised which are not more or less inconvenient and unpleasant.

Remember, officers and soldiers, that you are fighting for the blessings of liberty.

Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this is not?

A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle... Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good. It is vain to exclaim against the depravity of human nature on this account; the fact is so, the experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure, change the constitution of man, before we can make it otherwise. No institution, not built on the presumptive truth of these maxims can succeed.

I conceive a knowledge of books is the basis upon which other knowledge is to be built.

No measure can be more desirable, whether viewed with an eye to its intrinsic importance, or to the general sentiment and wish of the Nation than to establish a systematic and effectual arrangement for the regular redemption and discharge of the public debt.