A half-starved limping government, always moving upon crutches and tottering at every step.

The best way to have peace is to always be prepared to fight a way.

I rejoice that liberty . . . now finds an asylum in the bosom of a regularly organized government; a government, which, being formed to secure happiness of the French people, corresponds with the ardent wishes of my heart, while it gratifies the pride of every citizen of the United States, by its resemblance to their own.

Speak not evil of the absent for it is unjust.

The liberty enjoyed by the people of these states of worshiping Almighty God agreebly to their conscience, is not only among the choicest of their blessings, but also of their rights.

The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality.

Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this is not?