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

The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality.

An aching head and trembling limbs, which are the inevitable effects of drinking, disincline the hands from work.

'Tis folly in one Nation to look for disinterested favors from another; that it must pay with a portion of its Independence for whatever it may accept under that character; that by such acceptance, it may place itself in the condition of having given equivalents for nominal favours and yet of being reproached with ingratitude for not giving more. There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation. 'Tis an illusion which experience must cure, which a just pride ought to discard.

Almighty and eternal Lord God, the great Creator of heaven and earth, and the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ; look down from heaven in pity and compassion upon me thy servant, who humbly prostrate myself before thee.

They will avoid ... those Overgrown Military establishements which ... are ... particularly hostile to Republican liberty.

A man's intentions should be allowed in some respects to plead for his actions.