Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.

One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts.

I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which, being formed to secure happiness of the French people, corresponds with the ardent wishes of my heart, while it gratifies the pride of every citizen of the United States, by its resemblance to their own.

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.

Reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can exist apart from religious principle.

[The spirit of party] serves always to distract the public councils and enfeeble the public administration. It agitates the community with ill-founded jealousies and false alarms, kindles the animosity of one part against another.

It is impossible to reason without arriving at a Supreme Being. Religion is as necessary to reason, as reason is to religion.