Refrain from drink which is the source of all evil-and the ruin of half the workmen in this Country.

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?

Do not let anyone claim tribute of American patriotism if they even attempt to remove religion from politics.

Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every sentiment which ennobles human Nature. Alas! is it rendered impossible by its vices?

Without a decisive naval force we can do nothing definitive.

I have no other view than to promote the public good, and am unambitious of honors not founded in the approbation of my Country.

When one side only of a story is heard and often repeated, the human mind becomes impressed with it insensibly.