The United States enjoy a scene of prosperity and tranquility under the new government that could hardly have been hoped for.

It was not my intention to doubt that, the Doctrines of the Illuminati, and principles of Jacobinism had not spread in the United States. On the contrary, no one is more truly satisfied of this fact than I am.

Let us therefore animate and encourage each other, and show the whole world that a Freeman, contending for liberty on his own ground, is superior to any slavish mercenary on earth.

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 care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, in a respectable defensive posture.

Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds. A plain genteel dress is more admired and obtains more credit than lace and embroidery in the Eyes of the judicious and sensible.

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