Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

I use no Porter ... in my family, but such as is made in America: both these articles may now be purchased of an excellent quality.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought to involve us in war.

Almighty God, we make our earnest prayer that thou wilt keep the United States in thy holy protection.

Speak seldom, but to important subjects, except such as particularly relate to your constituents, and, in the former case, make yourself perfectly master of the subject.

We are not to expect perfection in this world; but mankind, in modern times, have apparently made some progress in the science of government.

The alternate triumphs of different parties ... make the public administration the mirror of the ill-concerted and incongruous projects of faction, rather than the organ of consistent and wholesome plans digested by common counsels.