A passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils

One of the expedients of party to acquire influence, within particular districts, is to misrepresent the opinions and aims of other districts. You cannot shield yourselves too much against the jealousies and heart-burnings, which spring from these misrepresentations; they tend to render alien to each other those, who ought to be bound together by fraternal affection.

We can not guarantee success, we can strive to deserve it.

Freedom and Property Rights are inseparable. You can't have one without the other.

Serious misfortunes, originating in misrepresentation, frequently flow and spread before they can be dissipated by truth.

In a free and republican government, you cannot restrain the voice of the multitude. Every man will speak as he thinks, or, more properly, without thinking, and consequently will judge of effects without attending to their causes.

It is incumbent upon every person of every description to contribute to his country's welfare.