It is much easier at all times to prevent an evil than to rectify mistakes.

To be prepared for war is one of the most effective means of preserving peace.

Government being, among other purposes, instituted to protect the consciences of men from oppression, it certainly is the duty of Rulers, not only to abstain from it themselves, but according to their stations, to prevent it in others.

I cannot tell a lie. I cut down the cherry tree.

We beseech [God] to pardon our national and other transgressions.

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.