Of all the animosities which have existed among mankind, those which are caused by difference of sentiment in religion appear to be the most inveterate and distressing, and ought most to be deprecated.

the harder the conflict, the greater the triumph.

The executive branch of this government never has, nor will suffer, while I preside, any improper conduct of its officers to escape with impunity.

I only wish, while I am a servant of the public, to know the will of my masters, that I may govern my self accordingly.

This Government, the offspring of your own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

The foundation of our Empire was not laid in the gloomy age of Ignorance and Superstition, but at an Epoch when the rights of mankind were better understood and more clearly defined, than at any former period.