I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.

Government is not reason; it is not eloquent; it is force. Like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.

If they are good workmen, they may be from Asia, Africa or Europe; they may be Mahometans, Jews or Christians of any sect, or they may be Atheists.

A lottery is the perfect tax...laid only upon the willing.

My first wish is, to see this plague of mankind banished from the earth, and the sons and daughters of this world employed in more pleasing and innocent amusements, than in preparing implements, and exercising them, for the destruction of mankind.

I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the character of an honest man.

Have the strength to be an honest person.