Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force...Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.

Nothing can be more hurtful to the service, than the neglect of discipline; for that discipline, more than numbers, gives one army the superiority over another.

I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.

The best and only safe road to honor, glory, and true dignity is justice.

To the efficacy and permanency of your union a government for the whole is indispensable.

We must never despair; our situation has been compromising before, and it has changed for the better; so I trust it will again. If difficulties arise, we must put forth new exertion and proportion our efforts to the exigencies of the times.

In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars.